Tupper, Benjamin, 1738-1792 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.01637-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
2 October 1782
Author/Creator
Tupper, Benjamin, 1738-1792
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Written from Camp Pitt, present day Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Reports that he knows Knox must have been worried about Tupper's regiment for having marched in so severe a storm. Assures Knox that "we made ourselves very happy by encamping in a thick grove of wood in a valley by good fires sweetened by your honour signifying your approbation of our conduct we forgot our sorrow and remembered our misery no more, and thought our[selves] some of the happiest of men, that we faired no worse, we are now agreeably encamped on the sunny side of a grove & want only a little provision to make us very comfortable." Reports that he borrowed a tent from someone. Sends his compliments to Mrs. Knox.

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