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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06238 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 November 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Knox's son, Henry Jackson Knox. Mentions Henry Jackson Knox is on his way to see Knox in New York. Comments about furnishing Mr. [Ebenezer?] Dunton with money instead of giving it to Knox's son. Writes, "the value of money he [Henry Jackson Knox] is perfectly a stranger to - I wish to do right in every thing [sic] as it respects him but I know I have failed in many instances..." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
Dunton, Ebenezer, fl. 1794-1796

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