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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05267-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 20, 1791
- Author/Creator
- Hull, William, 1753-1825
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Newton, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 5 p. : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Extended letter concerning the earlier mentioned canal to be built from the Connecticut River to Boston. Describes interactions with Captain [John] Hills, the surveyor, including all of his offers to help Hills. Discusses a recent loss their troops suffered. Hopes the loss will show the importance of establishing a national defense and a proper military establishment. Both he and his wife send their regards to Knox and Mrs. Knox. In a postscript Hull asks Knox to remember his part of the country if there should be an augmentation of troops.
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