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Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06301 Author/Creator: Randall, Thomas, ?-1811 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 12, 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Knox's debt and the consequences Randall will suffer if the debt is not paid. Expresses his disappointment in Knox for not making the payment to Mr. Crammond. Says he filed bankruptcy and was trying exonerate Knox from his securities. States, "I have not yet heard from Mr. Crammond, but expect the result of your not being able to immediately raise this money will be attended with the most pernicious & ruinous consequences to me."

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

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