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Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego, 1735-1798 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03946 Author/Creator: Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego, 1735-1798 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 July 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 22.3 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Gardoqui writes, "A Lover of literature in our Spanish America desires me to send him such Books [as] are good & worth reading..." Seeks Knox's advice on what books to buy. Docket indicates that this letter was written 24 July 1786; a pencil note at the top of page one indicates the year as 1788. Docket states that this letter is from "D D de Gardoqui."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Gardoqui y Arriquibar, Diego, 1735-1798

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