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Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07197 Author/Creator: Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809 Place Written: Calcutta, India Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1798 Pagination: 5 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses his family and their health and setting up a business. Also asks for news about Knox and his family as well as Beaumez's stepsons and complains that he has never received a letter from them.

Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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