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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Increase Sumner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07152 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 June 1798 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.6 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to the Governor of Massachusetts, Increase Sumner, concerning a resident of Thomaston who is applying for the position of Justice of the Peace.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sumner, Increase, 1746-1799

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