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Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03811 Author/Creator: Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 March circa 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 30.7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses shares and shareholders of the Ohio Company. Encloses a pamphlet (not included but possibly related to GLC02437.03815), and asks Knox to forward it to Platt. Month and day are given; year is written in pencil at a later date.

Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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