Vernon, F., fl. 1789 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04102 Author/Creator: Vernon, F., fl. 1789 Place Written: Guyana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 31, 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy
Written from Demerara (he spells it "Demarara"), likely in present-day Guyana. Writes, "A Confidence in your goodness has embolden'd me to request of you to forward the inclosed to Mr [possibly Stephen] Bruce. I should not presume to trouble you did I know of any safe conveyance other ways - I must beg you to excuse the freedom."
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