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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03083 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 January 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores, encloses a bill for Knox from his "purchases at the public sales" (bills not included). Relates that he will be traveling to New York and Philadelphia.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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