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Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06294 Author/Creator: Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 January 1795 Pagination: 4 p. : address : docket ; 31.7 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses a business transactions involving himself, Knox, William Crammond, Captain Anthony and several others. Requests Knox pays the balance on his bond that totals $12,000. Includes a detailed entry of the debt owing and the interest accrued. Thomas Randall also included a letter he wrote to Mr. Crammond on the same day concerning the same subject. Randall's letter to Crammond also discusses the arrival (either to or from Bombay) of the ship Industry. Other business transactions and property sales are also mentioned.

Randall, Thomas, ?-1811
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Crammond, William, fl. 1795

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