Eveleigh, Nicholas, 1748-1791 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.00559-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
26 March 1777
Author/Creator
Eveleigh, Nicholas, 1748-1791
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Port Royal, Virginia
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 17.2 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Says his main purpose in writing is to ask Knox to forward an enclosed letter to Mr. Rose. Also states that he has been marching fifty miles a day and has no artillery captain. Discusses his desire to see his wife, a feeling he knows Knox shares. Doubts the rumors that the French are bringing men to Charlestown, but hopes the French will strike a major blow some time in the future. Mr. Rose most likely refers to Baron Gustavus Heinrich von Wetter-Rosendahl, whose American name was John Rose. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, along with Knox and Eveleigh.

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