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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Walker

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10250 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 May 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 40.7 cm, Width: 25.4 cm Order a Copy

Discusses more business with William Duer, along with various other financial transactions. Mentions purchasing a tract of land and the Penobscots in Maine. Watermarked "G R" inside a crest.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Duer, William, 1747-1799

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