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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Seymour

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03529 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 April 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.7 x 19.3 cm. Order a Copy

Replies to Seymour's letter of 25 October 1786 (see GLC02437.03529). Discusses financial business related to the estate of his late father-in-law Thomas Flucker. Thomas Seymour was the mayor of Hartford, Connecticut.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Seymour, Thomas, 1735-1829

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