Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05165 Author/Creator: Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819 Place Written: Princeton, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 September 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 21.1 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy
Reports that the stagecoaches were so full for the past two days that they would not carry Henry Jackson Knox's trunks. Confirms that he sent the trunks the previous Saturday. Writes, "I found that he had done wrong by cutting out the lock of one of them." Adds that he did not know about it until they were being sent away. Marked "Free."
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