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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07777 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 December 1802 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 24.3 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Responds to Knox's letter (see GLC02437.07776) regarding lack of payment. Apologizes to Knox for pressing him for a payment but stresses that his "commercial existence" depends on the immediate payment of some papers. Notes he will wait for Knox's arrival in Boston, Massachusetts with "anxiety & impatience."

Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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