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Note for Mrs. Harriet Butler by Alexander Knox, no date, 1821 November : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
428796
Accession number
MA 14286.55
Creator
Knox, Alexander, 1759-1834, sender.
Display Date
Nasirabad, India, 1821 November.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 20.4 x 13 cm
Notes
Date is ascertained by the contents of letters from Maria Knox that ask for supplies in the Fall of 1821; and by the presence of a similar, unsigned note dated November 7, 1821 (see MA 14286.54).
Forms part of a collection (MA 14286) of 65 letters written by Maria Knox to her mother, Mrs. Harriet Butler.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
The text reads: 4 or 6 Iron Tea Kettles, one half of the largest and half of a middling size. Some cooking utensils, including the very largest sort of beef boiler, a ham or fish boiler, 2 iron grid-irons, and a couple of frying pans, and any other article, thought useful & approved of by our dear good Mother. A.K.