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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05582 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 August 1792 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Informs Lucy that he is now in New York City and that he has yet to see the people he came to New York to see, with the exception of Henry Jackson. Expresses his wish to finish up the "cursed affair" with the land speculations.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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