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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Elias Boudinot

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05309 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 5, 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Discusses a letter Boudinot sent exculpating the attributed author of a piece that evidently critcized Knox. Declares that he does not remember seeing or hearing anything about the story to which Boudinot alludes. States that as a public official he is rightly open to criticism,.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

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