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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01500 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 July 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 16.4 cm Order a Copy

Marked "private." Writes that he has sold a bill for Knox and that the matter is settled because it has been deposited. With Lincoln's free frank.

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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