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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00757 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 April 1779 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses business ventures and the depreciation of currency. Mentions the General Arnold, a ship in which Knox was apparently invested. Refers to a certain gentleman, whose name is not mentioned. States, "...I have the most unequivocal evidences every day that he esteems me- most certainly I love & esteem him for his disinterested virtues." Mentions his wife and two daughters, Lucy and Julia. Asks William to procure and send green tea and sugar.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Knox, Julia, 1779-?

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