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Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1746-1815 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00044 Author/Creator: Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1746-1815 Place Written: Haverhill, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 March 1773 Pagination: 1p. + docket+addr. 18.9 cm. x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy

Apologizes for not settling his bill sooner. Knox was then a bookseller in Boston.

Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1746-1815
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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