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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Gleason

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07937 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 June 1805 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Has received Gleason's letter via John Robinson. Discusses financial transactions between Gleason, Alexander Lermond, and Captain Edward Kelleran. Comments on an order Gleason placed, in his letter via John Robinson, for iron and other articles. Complains that the casks of lime recently shipped via Captain Kelleran were treated with extreme carelessness.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Gleason, John, Jr., 1758-1822
Kelleran, Edward, 1777-?
Lermond, Alexander, fl. 1805
Robinson, John, 1735-1805

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