- GLC#
- GLC02437.00004-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 26, 1770
- Author/Creator
- Howland, Joseph, 1749-1836
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Norwich, Connecticut
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 8.5 cm, Width: 11 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- Road to Revolution
Thanks Knox for paper and wax, which will be used to continue their correspondence. Describes attending a wedding and reports a courtship, but instead of offering details he quotes the poet Watts, possibly Isaac Watts. Howland was a friend of Knox's from Boston. He was a ship owner and became a prominent citizen in Norwich.
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