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Macpherson, John, ?-1775 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08250 Author/Creator: Macpherson, John, ?-1775 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1785-1791 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 33.9 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Knox for his kind considerations of all of his inventions and discusses pensions and his own service to the country. Claims he has been cheated by three powerful men, who then prevented him from publishing a pamphlet exposing them. Encloses (not present) the few pages that were printed.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Macpherson, John, 1726-1792

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