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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Richard Platt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04056 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 December 1788 Pagination: 1 p.: docket ; 32.5 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy

Replies to Colonel Platt's letter (GLC02437.04055). Intends to see Platt the following morning, when they will discuss Knox's St. Lawrence lands.

Platt, Richard, 1755-1830
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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