Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lucy Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00607 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 June 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 31.1 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy
Written in Camp Middlebrook. Writes, "I am well and love you infinitely." Complains of the heat, hoping he has hinted enough so that Lucy will send his summer clothes. Mentions a skirmish with the enemy 31 May in which ten men were "cut to pieces."
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