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Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07662 Author/Creator: Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843 Place Written: Wiscasset, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 November 1801 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 18.4 cm, Width: 14.9 cm Order a Copy

Mentions he had the pleasure of seeing Knox's family on his way to Boston, Massachusetts. Notes another trial will be held and discusses a particular judge. States the judge has always been a federal and "does not approve of the new order of things so much, I imagine, as yourself ." Asks Knox to write to [David] Cobb and seek his advise on the situation.

Bradford, Alden, 1765-1843
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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