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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Alexander McDougall

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02897 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.8 cm, Width: 20.8 cm Order a Copy

Knox informs General McDougall of the death of Doctor [Hagan], who worked at the West Point hospital. Hagan was entitled to join the Society of the Cincinnati, and left behind a wife and young son, who are unable to afford "subsistence or protection." Reports that the boy is at Albany, New York. Writes "I shall make no apology for this communication being convinced that you will think it a case in point in which the society ought to interest itself." Knox was alerted of the situation by Doctor David Townsend, a friend of the family of the deceased.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
Townsend, David, 1753-1829

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