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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01236-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 October 1781
- Author/Creator
- Wigglesworth, Edward, 1732-1794
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Indicates that he has enclosed copies of a vote of thanks from Harvard College to Granville Sharp for a donation to the library that was conveyed through Knox (see GLC02437.01220). Asks that when Knox arrives in France he send thanks to Sharp, who lives in London. Requests that the communication be sent in way that does not expose Sharp "to political resentment." Also mentions that Harvard has not acquired any British publications since 1774 and asks that Knox attempt to procure some while in Europe. Wigglesworth was president of Harvard College.
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