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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04918 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 19 April 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Later copy. Secretary of War Knox reports that he "was happy to have had the opportunity of complying with your wishes relative to young Mr. [William] Balch." Knox mentions some vacant land that "seems mortgaged."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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