Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04736 Author/Creator: Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814) Place Written: Plymouth, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 September 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 22.8 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy
Writes in full, "Though some of my late letters have been received by the minister at War with a silence which perhaps ought to forbid further interruption: yet I will not suppose it as designed neglect & ask my friend General Knox to accept a small volume lately offered the public his most obedient humble servant, M Warren." See GLC02437.04751 for what is most likely Knox's reply to this letter.
In 1790 Mercy Otis Warren published "Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous," the first work bearing her name.
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