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Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07907 Author/Creator: Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: February 11, 1805 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Write that Knox owes money on notes belonging to them. They did not expect he would have left town the previous summer without paying some of it, so they hope he will do so without further delay.

Winchester, Edmund, fl. 1799-1805
Winchester, Amasa, fl. 1805
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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