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Fox, Robert W., 1754-1818 to John Quincy Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04267.02 Author/Creator: Fox, Robert W., 1754-1818 Place Written: Bath, England Type: Letter signed Date: 1817/05/31 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.1 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Fox, the American consul at Falmouth, writes to Secretary of State Adams in an attempt to collect monies owed for expenses he had incurred assisting impressed seamen since 1809.

Fox, Robert W., 1754-1818
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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