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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Randall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04926 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1791 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.4 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Secretary of War Knox has enclosed two bills to Randall, one for $2000 and the other for $2175. Asks Randall to "deface the notes I gave you for five thousand dollars and enclose them to me." States in a postscript that he was promised a note on the bank of New York but was disapproved at the last minute.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811

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