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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Jeremiah Wadsworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03918 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 29 June 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 30.9 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Marked by Knox as an extract of a letter to Colonel Wadsworth. Notes that the three thousand dollars Wadsworth already has plus one thousand he hopes to furnish in August "will answer untill you shall receive further supplies." Instructs Wadsworth to send him the money by stage because Major Platt cannot assist him.

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

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