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Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04412 Author/Creator: Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 November 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 30 cm, Width: 16.8 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox that he expects to set sail today, but is unfortunately feeling so ill "that I can scersly [scarcely] write, or do any thing else - having an extreme bad cold - " Sends news of mutual acquaintances that are also travelling. Notes that Henry Jackson promised to send Knox a more detailed report from Vose regarding "the pattent," or the Waldo Patent, Knox's lands in present-day Maine. Stamped "Boston."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

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