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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin M. Stoddert

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07260 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 April 1799 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Knox repeats an offer that he made to the Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddert, to build "a vessel on St. Georges River near Penobscot on account of the U.S."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stoddert, Benjamin, 1751-1813

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