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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06801 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 August 1796 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 23.8 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Comments on the financial disaster befalling their associate Mr. [George] Meade (he spells it "Mead"). Discusses value and sale of Meade's furniture. Relates other business matters and briefly touches on an upcoming election.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Meade, George, 1741-1808

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