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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Vose

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10271 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1793 Pagination: 7 p. : Height: 39 cm, Width: 24.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses building plans for a house on the Waldo patent. Wishes Vose to commence with the building project right away and sends regrets that he will not be able to be there. Mentions General Henry Jackson. The majority of the document is illegible due to severe water damage. Ink is very blurry. Watermarked. Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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