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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Alexander Baring

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07119 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter Date: 24 April 1798 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses a debt and the possibility of extending the time in which he has to pay it back. Writing is very faded and water damaged, making it difficult to read.

Baring, Alexander, 1774-1848
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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