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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Pinckney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08182 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1792-1796 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Encloses (not present) a bill of exchange and asks Pinckney, the American minister to London, to negotiate it and pay the proceeds to Lafayette or his wife for expenses incurred on behalf of the Society of the Cincinnati. Signed with initials.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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