Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Knox

GLC02437.00378

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
July 15, 1776
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to William Knox
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
3 p. : address ; Height: 21 cm, Width: 14.4 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Mentions that he wrote to Henry Jackson about the British ships that sailed up the Hudson on 12 July 1776 and their engagement with artillery. Describes an attempt by General William Howe to have a letter delivered seeking a truce, which was rejected because it was addressed to Mr. Washington instead of General Washington. In a reference to the Declaration of Independence, the messenger claimed the letter was of a civil matter, not a military one. He expects the message to be brought again, which it was. Asks William to give the wife of Thomas Seward twenty dollars and to inform her that Seward had gone on a mission north of New York City. Seward was a captain lieutenant in Knox's artillery regiment.

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