Walley seeks to determine Knox's interest in buying maps
Document 1790Letter, advises re map of Nort America coast.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, advises re map of Nort America coast.
Date
02/01/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Boston
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790020140101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Thomas Walley
Sywanus Bourn
Notable locations
Boston
Massachusetts
Boston
London
Holland
North America
Notable items
less lawful than the cost Sterling
esteem a favor
spare a minute from your important business
glad of a line in answer
sentiment of respect
deliver you this letter
particular account of what they contain
incline to purchase
Massachusetts lawful money
properly pasted together
long folio volumes
cost
sterling
liberty to inform you that I am now in possession of a sett that contains the shole coast
sometime since you purchased of me a number of Holland's surveys of the coast of North America
there was not a whole sett
glad to own one that is compleat