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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06322 Author/Creator: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 24, 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

Warns Knox he published some observations in a local newspaper regarding what he perceived as "offensive" passages written in Knox's report to the President (George Washington).

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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