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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00209-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- November 16, 1775
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Lucy Knox
- Place Written
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 19.1 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Writes lovingly to his wife. Discusses his journey to visit her, getting caught in a violent storm, and expecting to see her tomorrow night. Explains that George Washington has ordered him to go to Fort Ticonderoga. Knox, having recently been appointed head of the artillery, was sent to Ticonderoga to inspect and bring back to Cambridge the British artillery captured there by a force led by Ethan Allen on 15 May 1775.
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