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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00223 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Lake George, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 December 1775 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 30.7 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Longs to see his wife and plans to in three weeks. Discusses activities relating to the transport of artillery captured from the British at Fort Ticonderoga earlier that year to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reports that both his and William Knox's health has been good. Quips about his rotund figure. Discusses the "Bravery of America" and a growing awareness of it among the British prisoners he has seen: "Enemies who would not before this allow the Americans a Spark of Military virtue." Blesses America and Lucy. Links God watching over Americans to God watching over Lucy in particular. Written from Fort George in Lake George, New York. A pencilled note on the verso dated 12 March 1861 identifies the prisoners Knox mentions as from military engagements at St. Johns and Montreal.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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