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Foster, William, fl. 1788-1789 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03857 Author/Creator: Foster, William, fl. 1788-1789 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Knox for assisting him with a petition to Congress for forgiveness of, or help with, his debt. Hopes Congress will decide in his favor, noting "...but I think- there may be some measure not big with evil consequences recommended whereby public Debtors may be eased so as to prevent finall [sic] ruin." Fears imprisonment and the loss of his property. Declares, "during the War I supported two good men in the Army & from 1777 to 1787 I paid upwards of five Thousand pounds dry Tax. besides allmost constant subscription money for six weeks & three months men..."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Foster, William, fl. 1788-1789

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