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to Henry Knox [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06884 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 19 December 1796 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 29.1 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy

Incomplete; letter has been torn in half, with the bottom half lost. Reports to Knox about an unfortunate financial case against General [Henry] Jackson, and encloses evidence for it for Knox to consider (not present).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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