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Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05778 Author/Creator: Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 January 1793 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 22.1 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox he will be sending him some maps of canals. Asks Knox, if it will not be too troublesome, to ask William Smith to employ Stephen Bruce to purchase provisions. Notes he sails for Paris, France the next day. Also mentions the possibility of a war: "War - War, is [a] Cry here, but without a object, I therefore doubt." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Hichborn, Benjamin, 1746-1817
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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