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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Henry Jackson Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05699 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 November 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.8 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Hopes his son is well and happy. Explains that it is very difficult to send the books that he had requested by post and to "apply to your uncle [Henry] Jackson for elegant extracts in prose, and verse the last edition - "

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