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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05436 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 April 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Wrote to Knox at the end of March, enclosing a deed for land sold in Charlestown, which Knox was to execute. Has not received any letters from Knox and the deed has apparently lapsed. Adds that Mrs. Archibald, who lodged Knox when he was in Boston, heard that Knox's family was going to visit the area and offered to lodge them.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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