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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00429-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 28 August 1776
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Lucy Knox
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 18.7 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Describes in detail the beginning of the Battle of Long Island (also known as the Battle of Brooklyn) on 27 August 1776. Looks forward to the future when they can be together again.
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