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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03483 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 4 March 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 18.9 cm Order a Copy

Later copy. Discusses a meeting in Philadelphia, and writes "You will have found that Congress have recommended a convention to meet in Philadelphia in May. I hope and pray that you may be at it, either on the part of the State or the Cincinnati."

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

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