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Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04405 Author/Creator: Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) Place Written: Morrisville, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 November 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 30..6 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Notes that he should have replied sooner to Knox's last letter, but wanted to consult [Gouverneur] Morris (Ogden's brother-in-law) first. Laments the poor state of their funds. Notes that Mrs. Ogden is ill. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey.

For a discussion of Delaware Works and Morrisville, refer to W. W. H. (William Watts Hart) Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

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