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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Edmund Affleck

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02795 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.3 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in text. Replies to Affleck's letter (see GLC02437.02794). Writes that he and Mrs. Lucy Knox "sincerely wish him [Affleck] a prosperous voyage and every felicity."

Affleck, Edmund, 1723-1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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