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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Constant Freeman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05641 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 October 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Notes he has received Col. [Robert] Troup's and Mr. Lewis's letters'. Asks that he contacts and obtains an answer from [William] Duer to Knox's letters. Date previously inferred, written in red. State not listed, however, based on another letter (GLC02437.05639) written by Knox on the same day, he was writing from Philadelphia.

Freeman, Constant, 1757-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Duer, William, 1747-1799

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