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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Winthrop Sargent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05288 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 6 January 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Later copy. Refers to a recent letter from Sargent which discussed battle losses to Indians in the Northwest Territories. Comments on the protection of settlements on the frontier, and mentions that plans will be laid before Congress on that subject right away.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

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