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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Louis de Tousard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07360 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 26, 1800 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Knox writes that he had hoped to hear from Tousard regarding "further supply of Lime." Knox says that "hitherto I have done nothing with Jonathan Jackson, Esq." The paper of this document is very thin and the writing very faded.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Tousard, Louis de, 1749-1817
Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810

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