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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00587-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 5 May 1777
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Nicholas Eveleigh
- Place Written
- Morristown, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 8 p. : Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 21.3 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Reports that ships loaded with arms have arrived from France. Notes that Lord Cornwallis nearly captured General Benjamin Lincoln, but Lincoln's party escaped. Mentions the capture of Captain Flahaven on 20 April (Knox writes "Flahaen"). Comments on the British attack at Peekskill, New York. Notes that a counterattack by American General Alexander McDougall forced the evacuation of the British. Describes the destruction of stores by the British in Danbury, Connecticut (April 1777) in great detail. Notes that the recent battle is "a pleasing proof that the Yeomanry of America have not lost the Lexington Spirit." Mentions General [David] Wooster, who received a mortal wound while battling the British near Ridgefield, Connecticut. Also mentions General [Benedict] Arnold. Refers to the capture of a British naval prize "which most amply makes up the loss at Danbury." Discusses other details of the war, predicting that it will be fought, for the most part, in New England.
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