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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00360-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 4 July 1776
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 15.7 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Notes that Lucy Knox and others have gone to Fairfield, Connecticut, away from potential fighting in New York. Indicates that he gave Colonel David Mason a draft for fifty dollars to be paid by William (see GLC02437.00358). Asks William to write "fully & frequently." Alluding to the impending battle in New York comments that "You may expect something great before long."
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