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- GLC#
- GLC02437.10232-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 July 1791
- Author/Creator
- Macomb, Alexander, 1748-1831
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 37.2 cm, Width: 23.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes a letter of recommendation for a young gentleman, a W. Meyrick British officer of the 24th Regiment. Takes "the Liberty to request [Knox's] Civility towards him, and presume upon [Knox's] goodness to pardon [his] boldness, which however [he does] not sit uneasy under knowledge [of] the hospitable dispostion of Mrs. Knox and [Knox]." Sends his regards to "your Lucy" and informs Knox that he is going to remarry. Invites the Knox family to visit. Stain on address leaf where the letter was sealed. Watermarked " J Whatman" and with a hunting horn inside a crest.
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