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Hoffman, Nicholas, 1736-1800 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06824 Author/Creator: Hoffman, Nicholas, 1736-1800 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 September 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses financial arrangements he has made with Colonel [Ebenezer] Stevens and Joseph Peirce. Comments on Stevens's difficulty selling Knox's lime, because the quality is considered to be poor.

Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

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