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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03906 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 June 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 22.6 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Marked as private. Discusses financial matters related to warrants. Informs Knox he can draw on Wadsworth for two thousand dollars. Mentions a secret financial transaction he promises to explain when he next sees Knox. Writes, "... their [sic] has been such cursed work between the collectors & sherrifs that I am afraid their will be trouble enough before we have got through with ye settlement of our old taxes." Has been in hopes of getting "good news" from Virginia, referring to the Constitutional ratification convention of that state. "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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