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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Abiel Wood

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06866 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Manuscript letter Date: 5 November 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.2 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Written from Montpelier, Knox's home in Thomaston, Maine. Unsigned, but content and docket suggest the author is Henry Knox. Asks Wood a question regarding vessels sailing to and from his region, on behalf of a business acquaintance in Philadelphia.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wood, Abiel, fl. 1743-1811

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