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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00144-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 May 1774
- Author/Creator
- Clarke, Joseph, fl. 1773-1774
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Northampton, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2p. address : docket : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 16.1 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
Places a new order for books and a newspaper he has not yet received. Asks Knox to get a pamphlet called "Lord Somers' Judgment of whole kingdoms & nations" from John Langdon, bind it, and send it to him. Also asks Knox to order specific books and pamphlets from London for him, including the letter of Royal Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Hutchinson and Lieutenant Governor Thomas Oliver. The letters pertained to the Hutchinson Letters Affair, which involved letters urging the British government to send additional troops to Boston to fight the rebels. They were published in June, 1773.
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