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Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04046 Author/Creator: Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 December 1788 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.1 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Morris, who will soon embark for Europe, thanks Knox for his well wishes (GLC02437.04045). Notes, "Whatever Orders you have in Europe if (as Mr. Burgoyne says) within my Scale of Talent command me."

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

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