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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00646-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 September 1777
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Lucy Knox
- Place Written
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 33.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Reports that the British have landed at Head of Elk, Maryland (present day Elkton), twenty miles from Knox's location. Writes, "...we shall remain here a few days and if they will not come to us we shall go to them... it is suppos'd the enemy intend for Philadelphia if so they will meet with a stout opposition." Relates he is serving on a Court Martial. In closing, writes "my soul is intimately connected with yours."
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