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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04172-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 9, 1789
- Author/Creator
- Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Morrisville, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 16.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes, "I have the happiness to tell you that Mrs. Ogden is safely in Bed with a sweet little Girl." Adds that Mrs. Ogden would like Mrs. Knox to select a name for the child. Also mentions that he will receive information tomorrow about their mutual business interests. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey.
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