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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to W. Fennel

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10309 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 12 May 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 35.8 cm, Width: 25.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Fennel's "proposed course of lectures" about philosophy. Writes that "[t]he matter and manner of your lectures will I am persuaded by highly entertaining and instructive ... " Several waterstains make a portion of the writing illegible. Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Fennel, W., fl. 1794

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