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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Mary McNeill

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03761 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 13, 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Presents McNeill with a certificate of a sum owed to her late husband. Enclosed the certificate in a letter to Henry Jackson, who will transmit the certificate to McNeill. Writes, "I most sincerely wish that its present value was equal the sum expressed..."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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