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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joseph Peirce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04940 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 May 1791 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Hopes that Peirce sent Captain Vose "duplicates and copies." If there are any problems regarding the sale of his land, Knox expects Peirce to take care of it.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Vose, Joseph, 1738-1816

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