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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00376-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 July 1776
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 29.3 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Wants Knox to write more frequently to keep him updated on activities in New York. Remarks that "at Last the grand Question of Independence is determined and I hope every true American will support it with his Life and Fortune." Comments on smallpox afflicting the Continental troops and the lack of news about the privateer he discussed in his previous letter (GLC02437.00370). Date of 15 July 1776 from docket. Header of letter only dated July 1776.
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