Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Sylvanus Bourne
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03850 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 April 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.5 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy
Signed, "H.K." Replies to a letter from Bourne (GLC02437.10212). Writes, "... my future [prospects] of continuing in public employment are too uncertain for me to pledge myself specifically for any purpose whatever I can only say that if any [object] should be pointed out in which I could be of service to you consistently with superior obligations, that I should chearfully perform it."
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