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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [Samuel] Shaw

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10205 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: September 2, 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 37.5 cm, Width: 22.9 cm Order a Copy

Requests that Shaw settle some business for him concerning a bill for £1,530 drawn by a Mr. Broome and Mr. Platt, who are now bankrupt and unable to pay the bill. Asks Shaw to go to New Haven to collect the payment or obtain a security. Watermarked with hunting horn inside a crest and GR underneath.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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