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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Henry Jackson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10283 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 September 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 37.9 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Writes to General Jackson about the goings on of the family. States that "I depnd on you about the taxes" and that the "yellow fever still conitues to rage." Mentions that his son is still studying. Watermarked "Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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