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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Henry Jackson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10300 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 May 1794 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 40.1 cm, Width: 27.1 cm Order a Copy

Discusses payment for services rendered. Wants Jackson to keep men "supplied so that no unnessary expence [is made] for idle workmen [due to] want of materials ... " Mentions installing lightning rods and "keeping an attentive eye upon the house and keeping up the number of the workmen. Continues with plans for the house and grounds. One of the pages is a note glued to the rest. Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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