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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00447 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 September 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 15.1 cm Order a Copy

Explains that he has been extremely busy and has not been able to write. Notes that those "Rascally Hessians" took his baggage with most of things and asks that some cloth be sent to him. Written from Mount Washington (now Washington Heights) in New York.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, William, 1756-1795

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