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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03350-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 25 November 1786
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Thomas Dwight
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Writes that he would have responded immediately to Dwight's last letter but was concerned that writing by the post might be injurious to Dwight. Discusses whether letters sent to him would arrive safely. Mentions the importance of news about the affairs in western Massachusetts (referring to Shays' Rebellion), and discusses whether the insurgents will take the oaths presented by the government.
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