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Lechmere, Richard, 1727-1814 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03791 Author/Creator: Lechmere, Richard, 1727-1814 Place Written: Taunton, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 February 1788 Pagination: 1 p. ; 22.7 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Lechmere writes to collect a debt owed him by Thomas Flucker, Knox's late father-in-law (Knox handled Flucker's estate after he passed away). Expresses disappointment in not receiving a prompt reply from Knox: "...I have little doubt of my Letter getting safe to your hands, and as it contain'd matters of more consequence to you, than to me I think it at least merited a reply of some kind or other, I wou'd willingly believe that the business has slipt your memory..."

Lechmere, Richard, 1727-1814
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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