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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Hancock

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03631 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 31 July 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Letter of introduction for John Anstey, who is investigating the "actual Losses sustained by the loyalists during the late revolution." Noted as private.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hancock, John, 1737-1797
Anstey, John, fl. 1787-1788

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