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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: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 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.

Ripley, Sylvanus, 1749-1787
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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