Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03803 Author/Creator: Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 18 February 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy
[Thomas] Hutchins, Surveyor General, presents his respects to Henry Knox via the bearer of this note, Mr. [Israel] Ludlow, another surveyor in the Geographers Department. Hutchins can not be there in person because he is "confined by a touch of the Gout." Hutchins awaits the surveys and remarks of Winthrop Sargent, Secretary of the Ohio Company and the Northwest Territory. Written in the third person and signed in the text, possibly by a secretary.
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