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Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06413 Author/Creator: Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 May 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox to settle an issue regarding diplomas of the Society of the Cincinnati, specifically for the one in New Jersey. Noted as written at Rosehill.

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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