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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Duer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04459 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 January 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Wishes Duer a happy new year and relays information he heard from Major [Winthrop] Sargent. Sargent reports that the bearer, from the Ohio area,indicates trouble with a military provisions agreement. Knox informs Duer to take immediate measures to "remedy any evils" that may have occured. Knox's working draft. Noted as private. Docket is written in Knox's hand.

Duer, William, 1747-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

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