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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05100-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 August 1791
- Author/Creator
- Ramsay, David, 1749-1815
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Letter of introduction from Ramsay for Mr. Harper, "an eminent young Lawyer" of South Carolina. Requests Knox shows Harper attention while he is in Philadelphia. Does not usually ask for these types of favors, but thinks Knox will gain much pleasure from meeting Harper. Says the young man has "prospects ... in our rising empire."
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