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Baylies & Howard, fl. 1806 to Henry Jackson Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07999 Author/Creator: Baylies & Howard, fl. 1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: January 14, 1806 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

The firm of Baylies & Howard writes to inform Henry Jackson Knox of their receipt of a lime shipment, which leaves a balance due to him in his account of $366.91. Report they will draw on their debtors for the money and will use part of it to pay a debt Knox owes.

Baylies & Howard, fl. 1806
Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832

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