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Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07494 Author/Creator: Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 Place Written: Newark, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 December 1800 Pagination: 2 p. ; 21.6 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Requests Knox writes him and let him know how Knox and the rest of his family is doing. Notes Mrs. [Euphemia] Ogden and the children are doing good. Discusses a gentleman he would like to see appointed as "director of our minds."

Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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