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Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06911 Author/Creator: Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809 Place Written: Calcutta, India Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 February 1797 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 22.4 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes a letter of introduction for a Captain Turner, who has been living in India and will stop in America before continuing on to Europe.

Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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