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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Ebenezer Pemberton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07167 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 August 1798 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Discusses his nephews, Thomas and Francis Flucker's accounts and the fact that Francis wants to go to sea.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810
Flucker, George Francis Waldo, fl. 1796-1801
Flucker, Thomas, fl. 1796-1801

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