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Maunsell, John, fl. 1724-1795 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05491 Author/Creator: Maunsell, John, fl. 1724-1795 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 June 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 15.6 cm Order a Copy

Only recently found out Knox was in town. Has tried to make arrangements to see him but they keep missing each other. Went twice to 59 Maiden Lane, apparently where Knox was staying, to invite him to dinner. Relates that he gave William Knox a long letter. Writes, "sorry I am that your confounded senators & congress are so narrow minded, as to make no provision for their foreign consuls for I hear that they do not I am materialy [sic] interested in your Brother William's fate."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Maunsell, John, 1724-1795
Knox, William, 1756-1795

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