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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Robert Houston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07698 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 19 November 1801 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30.2 x 16.2 cm. Order a Copy

Noted as a copy on the docket. Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Discusses the turnpike road being built from [Harriman's] Ferry to the Augusta bridge in Maine.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Houston, Robert, 1765-1824

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