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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Chevalier Boulogne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05705 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 19 November 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Discusses a proposed land agreement between Boulogne and William Duer. Also mentions Madame de Leval.

Boulogne, fl. 1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Duer, William, 1747-1799
Leval, Rosalie Josephe Bacler de, fl. 1790-1796
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Revolutionary War General
Land Transaction
Waldo Patent
Contract
Finance
Women of the Founding Era
Women's History
France
Refugees
Immigration and Migration
The Early Republic

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