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[Note lamenting the death of Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08049 Author/Creator: Place Written: Thomaston Type: Manuscript document Date: October 1806 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 11.7 cm Order a Copy

An unsigned note, likely written by one of Knox's children, lamenting his death. Explains how the writer was blessed to have Knox as a father.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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