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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03463 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: Pittsfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 22, 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 30.8 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Requests Knox to read and send a document (not included) to the governor concerning the mood of the people. Writes that "His people, as I am informed, are getting mad, [Ours] have been so for some time since the rage is abating."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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