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Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07023 Author/Creator: Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 August 1797 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 16.3 cm Order a Copy

Explains why he is changing his mind to now undertake some sort of position for a contract of five years, when he had previously turned it down.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Rynier, John, fl. 1797-1802

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