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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Silas Talbot

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07474 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter Date: 18 October 1800 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Copy of a letter from Knox brought to Talbot by Knox's nephew Thomas Flucker. Knox asks that Talbot accept Thomas as a midshipman.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813
Flucker, Thomas, fl. 1796-1801

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