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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [Wales] & Beals

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07895 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 23 November 1804 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 29.3 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Signature clipped; handwriting and content suggest the author is Henry Knox. Writing to the merchant firm of [Wales] & Beale, Knox confirms that a shipment destined for his son, Henry Jackson Knox, and his son-in-law, E[benezer] Thatcher, has safely arrived. Discusses further orders of merchandise, as well as shipments of Knox's own product, casks of lime.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
Thatcher, Ebenezer, 1778-1841
Wales & Beale, fl. 1795-1806

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