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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Mills

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09122 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 April 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to request that Mills travel to the St. George's River area and examine streams for usefulness as mills. Written by Knox in his capacity as attorney for Hannah Flucker, his mother-in-law.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Mills, John, fl. 1755-1796
Flucker, Hannah, 1726-1785

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