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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00580-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 26, 1777
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Lucy Knox
- Place Written
- Morristown, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Loves her and is glad she and their daughter are doing well after their inoculation. Longs to see her, but for her own safety and happiness denies her request to join him at Morristown.
Believes the British "by no means as formidable as they were last year," since "the enemy are diminishing and we are increasing" in numbers. Confident America will prevail "not for the virtue of the people but because the heavens will it." Laughs when thinking about William Knox "doing the duty of a common soldier." Relates a drinking story. Hopes Billy has raised the necessary money and asks that he be sent wax and paper.
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