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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Hannah Flucker Urquhart Harwood

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04169 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 April 1789 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 33.7 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Addressed to his "dear Sister." Mentions that he perused the letters she sent to Lucy Knox earlier in the year. Discusses his actions regarding "her father" Thomas Flucker's estate, especially regarding how favorable the government is to his claims. Comments on the debts "against" the estate, and presents some business plans for the Waldo patent lands. Mentions an agent in England, Thomas Longman.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Harwood, Hannah Flucker Urquhart, fl. 1774-1796
Longman, Thomas, 1731-1797

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