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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07982 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 November 1805 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Does not yet know the exact day he will set out to return to Thomaston. Must wait for the arrival of Colonel [likely Israel] Thorndike to negotiate a deal. Will send his son [Henry Jackson Knox] home with money to pay the workmen.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
Thorndike, Israel, 1755-1832

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