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Hoffman, Nicholas, 1736-1800 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06209 Author/Creator: Hoffman, Nicholas, 1736-1800 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 22 September 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Encloses a draft to Henry Knox for $54 on behalf of Abraham Wilson. Docket notes on verso Wilson's order for a "Negro Women (Cook)." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hoffman, Nicholas, 1736-1800

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