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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joseph Peirce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07387 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 March 1800 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Knox received Peirce's letter of March 18. Talks about business with Mr. [Ebenezer] Pemberton, Cummings and Gould. On the back of the document, Knox notes that "Jonathan Jackson Esq., agent for the fortification of the United States in Boston Harbour, bought of HKnox three inch oak plank, at 15 dollars per 1000 feet."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810
Jackson, Jonathan, 1743-1810

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