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Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00034 Author/Creator: Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 18, 1773 Pagination: 1p. : docket ; Height: 29.3 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Indicates that he received Thomas Boylston's bill on Champion & Dickason for two hundred pounds sterling and an order for books. Expresses satisfaction with Knox's rebuttal of earlier accusations about underselling that Longman had heard from Knox's competitors (see GLC02437.00013). States that he is sending Knox five trunks and a box of books, and a statement of Knox's account for 1772 [not included]. Longman was a London bookseller.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797
Boylston, Thomas, 1721-1798

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