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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Duer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05738 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 16 December 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Discusses ongoing negotiations concerning Duer's land shares. States he expects Duer "will make a full & explicit offer" to [Théophile] Cazenove's offer. Believes if Duer's offer is as "reasonable" as he presumes it will be he should receive an answer immediately. In postscript states, "enclosed to Shaw and Randall and [illegible] to them to deliver in paper and to [obtain] an answer."

Duer, William, 1747-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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