- GLC#
- GLC02437.03073-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 2, 1784
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Egbert Benson
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Knox introduces James Walker to Benson, a Continental Congressman. Of Walker, writes "He resided in Canada at the commencement of this War, and has suffered severely from his attachment to our cause- he hopes however to derive some consolation from the [justice] of Congress." Asks Benson to support Walker's case, which he will present before Congress.
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