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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04826 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 14, 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.8 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he has received "five hundred and one dollars and 70/100." Tells Ogden that the "gold you sent being overweight [by] 1 Dollar and 74 cents." Ogden will have to make "further remittances." Expresses his wish that Ogden's brother Abraham "will accept the appointment" [as attorney general of New Jersey]. Docketed by Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810

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