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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00493-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 6, 1776
- Author/Creator
- Waldo, Jonathon, fl. 1721-1779
- Title
- to William Knox
- Place Written
- Salem, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 21.4 cm, Width: 16.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Speaks of the importance of friendship and the value of his friendship with Knox. Promises to purchase goods for Henry Knox. Inquires as to how the "independant company" is faring in Boston. States that he was drafted into the continental army but got out of it by paying a fine of ten pounds. "Political affairs seem to wear a gloomy appearance at present," and he worries about the news he has received that Howe is in Philadelphia and the Congress is moving to Baltimore. Howe was not in Philadelphia at the time and the Congress would not flee to Baltimore until the next week.
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