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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10299 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 May 1794 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 40.6 cm, Width: 26.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses money and materials in constructing the house and states that he is "extremely anxious that it should be completed in the course of the year, although my heart fears that I shall not be able to go there this summer." Mentions the new corps of artillery. Ink very blurry due to water damage on subsequent pages. Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

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