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Sears & Smith, fl. 1775-1785 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02554 Author/Creator: Sears & Smith, fl. 1775-1785 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 22 September 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 23.5 x 19.3 cm. Order a Copy

States that they will keep the trunks of merchandise with them until they see Knox again. Mr. Sears will leave for New York as soon as the British evacuate so "he may enter the City soon after Civil government is established there..." Apologizes for having trouble selling the wares that William Knox, Henry Knox's brother, had entrusted to them.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sears & Smith, fl. 1775-1785
Knox, William, 1756-1795

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