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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06573 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Elizabeth, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 November 1795 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 21.1 cm, Width: 17.2 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he has just arrived from New York and apologizes for not writing as he did not know when the post picked up mail. Discusses making arrangements. Noted as written in Elizabethtown, which is now Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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