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Troutbeck, John, fl. 1755-1784 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03030 Author/Creator: Troutbeck, John, fl. 1755-1784 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 July 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy

Expresses his feelings of friendship to Knox: "An age of absence can never obliterate from the Mind, Friendship, which has once been formerly rooted; from that principal I seek no apology for addressing this to my Old & much esteem'd Friend; who, after the fatigues of War, I shou'd be as happy to shake by the Hand, as any Man I know under the Sun." Refers to having sailed to almost every part of the globe. Mentions a set of mugs he bought for Knox in Canton, China (present-day Guangzhou), one of which has since broken. Had a drawn sword and the motto "Pro Libertate" painted on the mugs. Possibly written by Reverend John Troutbeck, a Loyalist who left America in 1776.

Troutbeck, John, fl. 1755-1784
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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