Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Clement Biddle

GLC02437.10154

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GLC#
GLC02437.10154-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 1, 1783
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Clement Biddle
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 35.9 cm, Width: 23 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Knox writes a warm letter to Colonel Biddle. "I should have done violence to my feelings and Sentiments, my dear Biddle, were I to pass further from you eastward without dropping one line of recognition- The War is over, our acquaintance began in times of distress and was ripened by common danger into sincere friendship. We shall now assume new situations which may separate us widely and perhaps forever. But no distance, and no circumstances but loss of memory will obliterate... the idea of your goodness and sensibility... If at any period it may appear that I can be of service to you or yours, suffer me to embrace the opportunity..."

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