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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06872 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 November 1796 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Reports that he has received Hodgdon's shipment, and unfortunately the corn in it was inedible and "infected with the weavil [sic]." Believes he will not suffer too badly from the loss, however. Mentions that he and Henry Jackson are faced with financial difficulties with the bank, and discusses the bank in some detail.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Francis, Tench, 1730-1800

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