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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Account with Benjamin Bussey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07884 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 5 October 1804 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 22.8 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Discusses his financial accounts with Benjamin Bussey, Israel Thorndike, and Henry Jackson.

Bussey, Benjamin, 1757-1842
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

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