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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00849-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 30 October 1780
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- Bergen County, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 20.6 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Expresses happiness that his brother William is back in Boston and safe after a hazardous journey to Europe. Wants to know how his trip was and how Lucy Knox's family received him. Announces the birth of another boy, Henry Jackson. Relates an account of North Carolina militia attacking Tories and reports news of the Battle of King's Mountain, Tennessee, 7 October 1780.
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