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Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00252 Author/Creator: Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828 Place Written: Norwich, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 19, 1776 Pagination: 3p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Praises Knox and congratulates him on his recent commission to colonel and his successful operation retrieving artillery from Fort Ticonderoga. Discusses his own ill health as well as his desire to get well and return to military service. Comments on his friends' attempt to conceal the plundering of his house and shop from him, in order to avoid agitating his health. Comments on a man named Hardy, who Peirce recommended and Knox found work for. Recollects and affirms their friendship. In a post script, favorably mentions a proposal by the Continental Congress to fortify a dock for the American Navy in New London Harbor.

Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Peirce, Joseph, 1748-1812

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