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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to unknown [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10276 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 22 August 1793 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 39.7 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the layout of his house. Comments that he "do[es] not think it too large - it has only [three ?] rooms on a floor. I want a comfortable house." States that Mrs. Lucy Knox wants a bigger house. Lists corrections for building. Mentions that he wants the roof to be pitched at a certain level and to let Thomas Vose know about the alterations. Second page is cut off on the right side. Watermarked "Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold By J Woodmason/ London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810

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