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Ames, Joel, fl. 1800 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07417 Author/Creator: Ames, Joel, fl. 1800 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 May 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 16 x 16.4 cm. Order a Copy

Ames requests a loan of "fifty or 1 hundred dollars." Ames asks that Knox leave his answer with Henry Jackson.

Ames, Joel, fl. 1800
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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