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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03059-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 October 1784
- Author/Creator
- Knox, William, 1756-1795
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- London, England
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 22.8 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Knox's brother writes, "I can only inform you I am happy to have recover'd from my late situation on point of health and spirits the want of which I have very unpleasantly experienced for many months," referring to his mental illness. Relates that his ill health did not permit an earlier return to America. Notes that his commercial friends in London have been indulgent, as his credit has expired. Discusses financial matters. Instructs Knox to send his mail care of Lewis Teissier, "one of the most capital merchants in London in the Spanish & French lines..."
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