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Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06329 Author/Creator: Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829 Place Written: Portsmouth, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 January 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 22.6 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Introduces Knox to his brother, John Pickering. Notes Pickering is currently the Chief Justice in New Hampshire and is desirous of being appointed to District Judge of New Hampshire in place of the late Judge [John?] Sullivan.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sheafe, Jacob, fl. 1745-1829
Pickering, John, 1737-1805
Sullivan, John, 1740-1795

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