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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07161 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 August 1798 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox if he would be interested in appointing an aide-de-camp.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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