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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to David Fales

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10282 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 September 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 34.5 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses affairs dealing with the heirs of a property, most likely the Waldo Patent. States that "the proprietors of that Town are going to run the streets ... " Asks that Fales "attend in my behalf & I will pay you ... " Waterstained. Watermarked "Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold By J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Fales, David, fl. 1770-1801

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