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Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05283 Author/Creator: Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Encloses a copy of an "oration" (not present) given by Robert Porter before the Society of the Cincinnati in Pennsylvania. Date added later in pencil.

Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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