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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Acknowledgment of receipt of gift]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04095 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document Date: January 23, 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 15.8 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Henry Knox writes about himself in the third person. Although he already has a set of the Federalist, he gratefully accepts a set given as a gift by Mr. William [illegible, but possibly Lennox], who has created a "beautiful specimen of the great advancement he has made in noble art of printing, and in the business of book binding."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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