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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07245-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 17, 1799
- Author/Creator
- Smith, William Stephens, 1755-1816
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- East Chester, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Smith tells Knox that Smith has "consented once more to, enter into the tented field." Smith reminds Knox of a book he gave Knox of portraits of European soldiers. Smith asks that Knox give it "to the President." (Smith is President John Adams's son-in-law.)
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