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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03391-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 24, 1786
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Nathaniel Gorham
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Responds to a previous letter by Gorham. Writes a long letter discussing the proposal to use the arms and stores in Springfield, Massachusetts against the Shays' rebels. Declares that he has not received word from the Governor [probably James Bowdoin, of Massachusetts], but if he does, he will submit it immediately to Congress. Asks that Gorham contact the Governor and relate Knox's opinions on the subject to him, and suggests that Knox himself might write a letter to the Governor about it. Adds that Gorham's daughter is conducting herself beautifully, and is beloved by all her acquaintance.
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