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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03068-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 November 1784
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to James Webber
- Place Written
- Dorchester, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Thanks Webber, a London merchant, for his kind treatment of his brother William, who suffered from mental illness. About William, writes "I was flattered with the hope, that 'ere this he would have emerged from his unhappy despondency, and have assumed some portion of that cheerfulness, with which untill now he has already been blessed." Encloses a letter for William, which he requests Webber to sign, seal, and deliver. Also asks Webber to attempt to persuade William to return to Boston. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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