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Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09889 Author/Creator: Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Discusses renting out a farm at Mount Pleasant to [Henry] Knox. Edward Shippen and Tenth Coxe were noted in red pen at a later date.

Shippen, Edward, 1729-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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