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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Charles Lining

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03744 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 December 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he received, via Dr. Thomas Tudor Tucker, Lining's letter as well as the $192 sum Lining sent. Provided Dr. Tucker with a receipt declaring that this money would pay South Carolina's portion of the money owed to Major L'Enfant for the Eagle insignias he purchased. Noted as a copy on the docket.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lining, Charles, fl. 1786-1787

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