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Tudor, William, 1750-1819 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07910 Author/Creator: Tudor, William, 1750-1819 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 14, 1805 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Explains why he parted with a note of Knox's. May have given it to his son [Frederic] to help finance his son's business ventures (see GLC02437.07909). Discusses his own financial hardships, and apologizes for having to extricate himself from their financial arrangements in this way.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Tudor, William, 1750-1819
Tudor, Frederic, 1783-1864

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