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Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04792 Author/Creator: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 December 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Requests Knox sends President George Washington "the papers relating to the Indian Expedition which are to be laid before Congress."

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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