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Ogden, Abraham, 1723-1790 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02668 Author/Creator: Ogden, Abraham, 1723-1790 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Sends his regrets that he will not be able to visit Knox as planned due to a "favorable Breeze & the late Hour of the Evening." Date written in pencil and previously inferred.

Ogden, Abraham, 1743-1798

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