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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Mason Wheaton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05639 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 4 October 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Replies to Wheaton's request for money owed him by the late Mr. Flucker, Knox's father-in-law. States that while he would like to help Wheaton, he is only responsible for affairs under his control and refers him to someone in Boston.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wheaton, Mason, 1733-?

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