Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Nathanael Greene

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GLC#
GLC02437.01303-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
12 December 1781
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Nathanael Greene
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 28.9 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Since arriving in Philadelphia, has tried to gather a party of about 30 artificers to give to Greene. Discusses Mrs. Greene's trip with their son George Washington Greene to visit Greene at the "high hills of Santee" (the Santee River in South Carolina, where Greene was stationed). Also mentions the recent birth of a son to him and Mrs. Knox, "whom I should name after you were not for the confounded name given by your [illegible] father - as it is I shall call him after some roman whose character I think you may like" (possibly referring to his son Marcus). Sends love to Colonel Williams and Colonel Laurens.

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