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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00730-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 11, 1778
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written at Fredericksburgh. Reports that the British are still in New York City, and many British sailors are sick ashore. Of British commissioners, writes, "The Commissioners have Issued another Proclamation & manifesto. This they declare shall be the last & if it makes no impression on the hard hearted people of America they shall return and report the ill success of their Mission. These people have the same kind of insolence about them that a [young man rake] has who debauches his friends daughter and then offers a considerable sum as [hush?] money." In a post script, notes the enclosure of the proclamation and manifesto (not included).
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