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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Gleason

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07852 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 March 1804 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Provides news and instructions for running Knox's estate and lime works business. Reports on beef and pork shipments, and mentions that Mr. [possibly David] Russell will be arriving at the estate with hired hands, who should be employed at the lime works. Also discusses the construction of a house for his daughter (likely Lucy, who was married in May 1803 to Mr. Ebenezer Thatcher).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Gleason, John, Jr., 1758-1822
Russell, David, fl. 1803-1804
Thatcher, Lucy Flucker Knox, 1776-1854

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