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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Ebenezer Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06783 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Manuscript letter Date: 3 July 1796 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he is shipping lime to Colonel Stevens and asks that he sell the lime for cash at a particular price. Also mentions a shipment of lumber which he is sending to another business associate.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Peirce, Joseph, 1748-1812

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