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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00512-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 3 January 1777
- Author/Creator
- Horton, Jotham, 1749-?
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address ; Height: 29.5 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
States that he and two other officers have smallpox, and asks if Knox can forward them "hard money" for "the Common Necessaries." Letter is dated 1776, but should be dated 1777. On the second page of the letteer is an unsigned Lucy Knox autograph letter to Henry Knox. In the draft she expresses her displeasure with Knox for not seeing him more often, but also her love for him.
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