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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to The cashier of the Bank of Pennsylvania

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06424 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 27 May 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Asks the cashier at the Bank of Pennsylvania to notify Samuel Hodgdon "in Case any notes on bills of my drawing are or shall in the Bank of Pennsylvania [arrive ?] for payment in the course of the ensuing five months" as Hodgdon will be paying them.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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