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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05266 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 December 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Writes to inform Knox that he has placed on board a particular schooner bound for New York several goods that Knox wanted, including potatoes and cranberries. Marked private on address leaf.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828

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