Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06023 Author/Creator: Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 January 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy
Makes reference to bonds coming due and expresses his need for the money. Fears his "affairs will prove Bankrupt in the Spring - and the sacrifices I shall be compelled to make in the Spring to answer demands against me, I fear will be attended with a dimunition [sic] of twenty thousand dollars in the estimated value of my present property." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.
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