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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07924-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 28, 1805
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
- Title
- to Lucy Knox
- Place Written
- Thomaston, Maine
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 26.1 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Apologizes for not writing sooner, but declares that he knew his sister had written to her about their voyage, and he did not have anything to add. Mentions his and his wife, Eliza's, pleasure to be back at home. Discusses the oncoming spring weather and how it is helping business prospects, specifically regarding his father's lime business, which he works on as well. Describes his household servants. Also discusses the strength of the "jacobins" of Thomaston and the weakness of the Federalists there.
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