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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00717-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 4 August 1778
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- White Plains, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20 cm, Width: 15.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Discusses previous correspondence between the two, noting he always acknowledges letters received from William. Mentions a military operation planned against Newport to take place in conjunction with the arrival of a French fleet led by the Comte D'Estaing. Relates that his wife and daughter, both named Lucy, are with him in White Plains. Notes that Admiral Lord Richard Howe, in Sandy Hook, New Jersey "lays... with his small fleet ardently wishing for such a reinforcement as may enable him to look Monsr. Le Com[text loss]te in the face- but I hope he will be disappointed." Requests William to send him a large [hat?].
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