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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03863 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 May 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Knox writes to Price at West Point. States, "Independent of the public objects I shall wish to converse with you on the subject of objects to the Eastward- I should wish to form some system in that quarter what would promote our mutual interests. I want some person in whom I could fully confide." Proposes that Price make arrangements to travel east with Knox, likely referring to Knox's lands in present-day Maine. Marked "private" on the docket.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Price, William, ?-1790

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