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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00449-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 September 1776
- Author/Creator
- Knox, William, 1756-1795
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 19.3 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Congratulates his brother on his escape from New York. Notes that many in Boston are "much pleas'd" with the retreat. Tells the version of events in New York he has heard but eagerly awaits details from Henry. Notes hearing that Benedict Arnold returned safely to Fort Ticonderoga, after hearing earlier that he had lost his fleet. Discusses extending "civilities" to Doctor Samuel Stringer, who had done the same when William and Henry were in Albany and Fort George obtaining artillery pieces for the siege of Boston, on his visit to Boston. Mentions business and privateering activities.
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