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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05525 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 July 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

States that he has not received one farthing, and the money he had on hand "is more than all anticipated in the first payment to De Gregoire, expences of that survey & supplies to madame Laval..." Has written them for a further advance. Cautions Knox against his association with William Duer: "It is true my good friend I urged you to disengage yourself from Colo Duer but not to give it away for a song. I am satisfied that their is not a man of reputation to be found that woud [sic] step in my shoes in every point of view for ten times the sum that is in contemplation." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Duer, William, 1747-1799

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