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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Le Fevre

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06403 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 April 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Writes a letter of recommendation for Le Fevre on the goodness of his character. States that he was in Knox's employ for four years and is discharged at his own request.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Fevre, John la, fl. 1795

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