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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Shepard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03175 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 10 August 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Signature has been clipped. Informs Shepard that his endeavors to get payment for a note have been unsuccessful, as "Colonel Pickering informs that he has not any funds for the notes of the time and that it is uncertain when he shall have them." He therefore has the "mortifying necessity" of enclosing the note to Captain Twogood [perhaps Captain William Toogood] rather than the money, but he hopes he can serve Shepard more successfully sometime in the future.

Shepard, William, 1737-1817
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Toogood, William, fl. 1785

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