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Emerson, Bulkeley, 1732-1801 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00031 Author/Creator: Emerson, Bulkeley, 1732-1801 Place Written: Newburyport, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 16, 1773 Pagination: 1 p. : docket : address Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 15.2 cm Order a Copy

Sends payment and requests that Knox send him the books listed. Emerson was a bookseller.

Emerson, Bulkeley, 1732-1801
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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