Tupper, Benjamin, 1738-1792 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01637 Author/Creator: Tupper, Benjamin, 1738-1792 Place Written: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 October 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy
Written from Camp Pitt, present day Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Reports that he knows Knox must have been worried about Tupper's regiment for having marched in so severe a storm. Assures Knox that "we made ourselves very happy by encamping in a thick grove of wood in a valley by good fires sweetened by your honour signifying your approbation of our conduct we forgot our sorrow and remembered our misery no more, and thought our[selves] some of the happiest of men, that we faired no worse, we are now agreeably encamped on the sunny side of a grove & want only a little provision to make us very comfortable." Reports that he borrowed a tent from someone. Sends his compliments to Mrs. Knox.
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