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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02746 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox to deliver "as many of the inclosed brevets as are officers with you to recover them - The others for Massachusetts I wish you would forward by the next post ..." Noted as sent via "Public Service." Free frank signed by Benjamin Lincoln.

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

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