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Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03901 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804 Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 June 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.9 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Knox he will be able to pay his dividend of bank stock in early July. Asks that Knox inform him if he decides to draw on Wadsworth immediately for 2,000 dollars. Writes, "I am obliged to have recourse to some Magic to get hold of Money on your warrants- but you see I am not without some success." Thanks Knox for transmitting news of the likelihood of Virginia's adoption of the Constitution.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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