Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

GLC02437.00511

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GLC#
GLC02437.00511-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
2 January 1777
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Lucy Knox
Place Written
Trenton, New Jersey
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 19.3 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Longs to be with her, and hopes that he will have a chance at the end of winter. The men are fighting on past their enlistment dates and have "high spirits but want Rum and clothing." Informs her that he has been made Brigadier General over all artillery, which was "unsolicited on my part, tho' I cannot say unexpected." Says that people are too lavish in their praise of him, and that he possesses nothing more than industry and love of country. "War my Lucy is not a humane trade," and says the attack on Trenton damaged the residents there. Dated 1776, but written 1777.

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