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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joseph Peirce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07776 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 21, 1802 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

Speaks of his troubling affairs over his debt and the humiliation he has sustained from not being able to pay his notes as promised. States, "This circumstance has embittered my existence." Mentions making any type of payment is out of his hand right now.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828

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