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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Shaw and Thomas Randall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05787 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 January 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Knox relates that extreme hurry has kept him from answering their letter relative to the demands of Messrs. Philips and [Cramond]. Will attend to the matter in the manner they want.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Randall, Thomas, ?-1811

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