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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Randall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05668 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph note Date: 25 October 1792 Pagination: 1 p. ; 31.4 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Instructs Randall not to execute any of the bonds Knox previously mentioned without further instructions from Knox, and to keep this request secret. Asks Randall to deliver an enclosure (not included) to William Duer with his own hands.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811

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