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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04151 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 23 March 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Thanks him for his letter of 21 March offering to work in Knox's department. Replies that there are no openings in his department at present, but if there were he would offer them to the addressee. (Addressee may be Isaac Sherman, who wrote Knox with this request on 21 March; see GLC02437.04147.)

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sherman, Isaac, fl. 1789

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