Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Phillips Savage

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GLC02437.04693
GLC#
GLC02437.04693-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
15 August 1790
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Samuel Phillips Savage
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Secretary of War Knox tells Savage he read of the death of Savage's son Captain Joseph Savage. As he is fairly certain this is untrue, Knox wonders how that misinformation appeared in a Worcester newspaper. Knox tells about hearing from the port collector of Savannah Mr. Habersham as as well as Captain John Smith, both of whom "remember nothing of such an event."

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