Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Robert Morris
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03349 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 November 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.4 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy
Writes that the Board of Treasury will write by the next post to comment on the "proposed contracts." Declares that he sincerely hopes "that nothing may occur to prevent the completion of this business, in a manner advantageous to the public and satisfactory to you and Mr Wadsworth." (Refers to a loan Morris and Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth are attempting to grant to Congress; see GLC02437.03330.)
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