Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.07316-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 14, 1799
Author/Creator
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
4p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Letter perhaps from Tobias Lear, who wishes to "vend at the City of Washington, Alexandria and their neighbourhood-a very large quantity of lime and lumber as such prices as to nett a handsome profit...and thereby enable the purchase of flour for return cargoes." This is expected to increase "Trade from the Potomak to the Eastward." Letter is incomplete and contains no signature.

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