Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to James Bowdoin
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04033 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 November 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy
Written in the thrid person and signed in text. Informs Bowdoin that he will depart for New York on 24 November, and offers to transmit letters to Lady Temple. Notes that the "Marquis de Santa Cruz, and Duque de Almodovar are the [Grandees] of Spain who would be highly flattered by being admitted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences."
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