Moylan, Stephen, 1737-1811 to Gouverneur Morris
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00210 Author/Creator: Moylan, Stephen, 1737-1811 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 November 1775 Pagination: 1p. +addr.+docket. 23.9 cm. x 18.1 cm. Order a Copy
A letter of introduction for Henry Knox. Asks that Morris "make New York as agreeable to [Knox] as the circumstances of the times will admit." Also asks if there were any letters from "our friend Penn." Moylan was a soldier and officer in the Continental Army, and at one point an aide-de-camp to George Washington.
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