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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Reverend Doctor Provost

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03178 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 August 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 16.2 cm Order a Copy

Writes to ask the Reverend Doctor Provost over for a drink the next afternoon "and to baptise our child."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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