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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Robert Morris

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03357 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 30 November 1786 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Writes that the Board of Treasury will write to Morris by this post regarding the proposed contracts. Intimates that not enough members of Congress are seated yet, but believes that by the time Morris and Wadsworth, as well as the Board of Treasury, sign the contract, Congress will be in session and will pass the contract easily. Discusses the merits of the measure but laments the time it will take to pass the measure through Congress. See GLC02437.03354 for a related document. Marked "private."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806

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