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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06880 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 December 1796 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.1 cm Order a Copy

Refers to an earlier letter in which he asks to renew his acceptance of General [Henry] Jackson's drafts at the Bank of the United States. Will be staying in Thomaston longer than he planned because his son, Washington, is very ill, likely close to death. If the catastrophe happens, they will wait as long as is necessary, and then set out by land to Boston.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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