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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00734-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 24 October 1778
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- Fredericksburgh, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 17.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written at Fredericksburgh. Location from docket. Knox informs his brother that the British sent a detachment of 7000-8000 men from New York. Predicts the men were sent to the West Indies, but "others again suppose for Carolina." Mentions a fleet of ships, possibly British, and the Comte D'Estaing. Notes, "I write you this that if there are no other Demonstrations than the ships of War-not to be alarm'd." Reports that more British may embark from New York, assuming they will travel to Europe, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the West Indies. In a post script, relates that the left wing of the Continental Army has moved as far as the Connecticut River.
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