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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05301 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 29, 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Knox for his attention to his son, especially for his help in getting his son a job with General [Benjamin] Lincoln. Discusses taxation on estates and refers to General [Henry] Jackson and Colonel [Benjamin] Hichborn (may be alluding to the Waldo patent lands). Mentions that he hasn't heard from his brother in some time, and asks whether the brother has traveled into the Indian Country.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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