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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Receipt for ice]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04921 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 21 April 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.9 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Receipt written in Knox's hand for the purchase of ice from the ice house at Bush Hill bought from Christopher Hart. Signed in text by Knox. Signed by a witness John Stagg Jr. and signed with the mark of Christopher Hart.

Hart, Richard, fl. 1791
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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