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Badcock, Daniel, fl. 1799 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07234 Author/Creator: Badcock, Daniel, fl. 1799 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 February 1799 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 24.5 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Badcock writes to Knox on behalf of his friend Mr. Webber, who is inquiring about "a large amount of Goods sold by you on his account to Col. Ogden some years ago." Knox has not finished repaying Webber. The balance is thirty pounds.

Badcock, Daniel, fl. 1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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