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Macomb, Alexander, 1748-1831 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04839 Author/Creator: Macomb, Alexander, 1748-1831 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 28, 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Delivers this letter to Knox via Van Slyck whom he recommends to Knox. Comments that his social activities have declined since the Knoxes left for Philadelphia. Asks Knox to send him the "obligatory paper relative to the St. Lawrence lands."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Macomb, Alexander, 1748-1831

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