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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05493 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 June 1792 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he is still in Philadelphia but hopes to leave soon. Adds that his public business is suffering. Describes an agreement he settled on with William Duer in which he forgives Duer's debts on their land purchases in Maine, in exchange for Duer providing him with certain securities (see GLC02437.05492 for the agreement). Apologizes for the shortness of his letter but promises to write again soon.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Duer, William, 1747-1799

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