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Rivington, James, 1724-1802 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00129 Author/Creator: Rivington, James, 1724-1802 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 March 1774 Pagination: 1p. 31.6 cm. x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Indicates that he has sent six lottery tickets, six copies of the "Account of the Connecticut Claim" concerning the Susquehanna Claim in Pennsylvania, and other books. Discusses pricing. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

Rivington, James, 1724-1802
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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