Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.07872-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
26 July 1804
Author/Creator
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Newark, New Jersey
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Was exceedingly happy to receive Knox's last letter, and he and his family hope to have letters from the Knoxes more frequently. Does not believe his health permits traveling, including visiting Knox, but asks whether the Knox family might be able to visit the Ogdens next winter. Writes, "The unhappy death of poor [Alexander] Hamilton has thrown all this part of our Country into a State of real sorrow: He certainly is very much to be lamented. He was really a great and good man, and I fear has not left many like him behind. [Aaron] Burr is not now visible; He will however soon return to New York, which he will find really unpleasant; Indeed such is the public feeling on this occasion, that he must expect a prosecution of a very serious nature."

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