Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

GLC02437.00516

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GLC#
GLC02437.00516-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 January 1777
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Lucy Knox
Place Written
Morristown, New Jersey
Pagination
3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

States that his other recent letter, probably GLC02437.00514, is not full of sentiment because its contents is of public importance and she might wish to show the letter to others. Says that, while there love is public, the full expressions of it need not be put in a letter that may be seen by strangers. Here he expressed the love for her that he did not in the previous letter. Hopes to be with her soon, and hopes for more letters. In a postscript advises her to sell the horses if she is in Boston, and in a note on the address leaf asks her to forward a letter for him. Dated 1776, but written 1777.

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