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Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802 [Order assigning Henry Knox a chair in the Massachusetts House of Representatives]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04019 Author/Creator: Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 October 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 15.3 x 18.1 cm. Order a Copy

Minot, clerk of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, notes that Knox may sit in "whenever he may incline to attend the debates of the House."

Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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