Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Thomas Vose
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10271 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1793 Pagination: 7 p. ; 39 x 24.7 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses building plans for a house on the Waldo patent. Wishes Vose to commence with the building project right away and sends regrets that he will not be able to be there. Mentions General Henry Jackson. The majority of the document is illegible due to severe water damage. Ink is very blurry. Watermarked. Letterpress copy.
Vose was 2nd Lieutenant in Gridley’s regiment Massachusetts Artillery, 2nd Lieutenant of Knox’s Regiment Continental Artillery, Captain-Lieutenant of Stevens’ Battalion of Artillery, Captain in the 3rd Continental (Massachusetts) Artillery, and later transferred to Corps of Artillery. He was also an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
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