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Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04632 Author/Creator: Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 June 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Mentions acquaintances who recently arrived from Switzerland. Notes that they saw George Greene, presumably George Washington Greene, in Paris for one day. Encloses a letter from George to Mrs. [Catharine] Greene (letter not included) and asks Knox to transmit the letter to her.

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Greene, Catharine Littlefield, 1755-1814

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