Ripley, Sylvanus, 1749-1787 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00133 Author/Creator: Ripley, Sylvanus, 1749-1787 Place Written: Salem, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 April 1774 Pagination: 1p. +addr.+docket. 18.5 cm. x 14.2 cm. Order a Copy
Asks Knox to hold money owed to Daniel Dunbarr of Halifax, Massachusetts, who will send someone pick it up from Knox's store. Ripley served as a missionary, preacher at Dartmouth College, and professor of theology at Dartmouth as well. He spells his first name Silvanus.
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