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Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08118 Author/Creator: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph note Date: February 10, 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 17.4 cm, Width: 11.9 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox to dine with him at two o'clock. Year unknown. Noted as written at Beacon Street, which is most likely Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790

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