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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.07879 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 September 1804 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.6 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Mentions that their affairs have remained unsettled for a long time, and he cannot bear for them to be unsettled any longer. Provides suggestions for how they might arrange their financial matters.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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