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Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04662 Author/Creator: Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 Place Written: Morrisville, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 July 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox that a mutual acquaintance, David Ford, will be travelling to New York to see him and discuss "his prospects of discharging" Mr. [possible James] Webber's money. Reports that it "will be in his powers soon to give you upwards of five hundred Pounds." Looks forward to the "removal of Congress," because this suggests the Knox family will be able to see the Ogdens soon. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810

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