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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07607 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 September 1801 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 24 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Mentions he received Knox's note and the advertisements Knox sent to be distributed to the Legislature. Notes he will send the advertisement to New Haven, Connecticut to be distributed in October. Complains about his old age and bad health and says he does not have the spirits to go as far as St. Georges, Maine.

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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