Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Adams
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00293 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 18 May 1776 Pagination: 2p. 31.8 cm. x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Apologizes for responding so late to Adams' letter of 11 November 1775 (see GLC002437.00208). Discusses military books and the difficulty of obtaining them in America, and recommends books useful to different departments in the army. Comments on the importance of the war and the cause of American freedom with vehement support: "Such Opportunities as the present do no[t] turn up often in the course of human events--the happiness or misery of a great proportion of the human race is at stake." Knox's retained working draft. The sent copy (now in the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society) is dated May 16th.
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