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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04630-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 June 1790
- Author/Creator
- Greene, Catharine L., 1755-1814
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25.7 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes about her current state of melancholy over her misfortunes. Relates an anecdote about her little daughter finding her crying and declaring, "oh My Dear Mama I wish I could die, that I might lesson [sic] your cares." Reports that this incident "[p]ierced [her] through [her] very soul." Discusses some upcoming legal matters, including one in which General [Henry] Jackson will be her adversary. Declares that she must see a Mr. Miller about these issues and hopes to travel to New York to intercept him. Noted as written in Bethlehem, state unknown.
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