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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04925 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 25 April 1791 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 21.1 cm Order a Copy

Addressed to "My dear friend." Writes that he looked at all the newspapers "relative to the claim of James Bowdoin on behalf of his late father Wm. Bowdoin but...found nothing among Mr. Flucker's accounts or papers." Encloses a "paper in possession of Mr. James Bowdoin, and what I took from the paper delivered me by him what was in Mr. Flucker's handwriting" [not present]. Hopes the "legal impropriety" will "influence the commissioners to repeal it entirely." Continues to discuss business.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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