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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Christopher Gore

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10310 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 June 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 37.5 cm, Width: 23.6 cm Order a Copy

Written as an introductory letter for Mr. Tallerand and Beaumetz, "two gentlemen, of the greatest respectability, whom the troubles of France have constrained to quit their ... Country." Continues saying that "[t]hey are on a visit to New england where I flatter myself they will see as much genuine liberty regulated by order and law, as ever blessed any portion of Mankind." Watermarked "J Watt & C Patent Copying/Sold by J Woodmason/London." Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Gore, Christopher, 1758-1827
Talleyrand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Benevent, 1754-1838
Beaumez, M. de (Bon-Albert Briois), 1759-1809

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