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Lucas, John, fl. 1775-1798 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07124 Author/Creator: Lucas, John, fl. 1775-1798 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 May 1798 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox to send his picture of Elisha Brown and his heroic revolutionary story to John Adams to be installed in the Museum of the United States.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lucas, John, fl. 1798
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Brown, Elisha, fl. 1798

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