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Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04064 Author/Creator: Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Date added later in pencil. Writes, "I deeply regret the impossibility of accompanying You in your Voyage; owing to my disappointment respecting the needful. I shall use the utmost endeavors to make arrangements to embark in the packet."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Winslow, Samuel, fl. 1781-1806

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