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Bryant, John, 1742-1816 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04255 Author/Creator: Bryant, John, 1742-1816 Place Written: Springfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 June 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.8 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to ask if Knox might help his brother, Lieutenant David Mason. Mason is in New York in a desperate situation, and Bryant has no money at present to help him. Asks if Knox might lend Mason fifteen dollars to book passage to Boston or Springfield on Bryant's account, and Bryant will pay him back out of the first income he receives.

Bryant, John, 1742-1816
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Mason, David, Jr., 1752-1793

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