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- GLC#
- GLC02437.02814-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 1, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Upham, Joshua, 1741-1808
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Staten Island, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Expresses his regret on having to leave New York as he is leaving behind many friends, both Loyalists and Patriots, including Knox. Asks for and expects Knox's protection and attention for and to his friends and their families who remained in the city. States that "I am distressed that so many Gentn ... have been under the Necessity of leaving New York etc. and separating from their Families - their sorrows are very much in the extreme ... " Noted as written "On Board the Ceres off Staten Island."
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