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Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03634 Author/Creator: Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810 Place Written: Morrisville, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 August 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Says he and Mrs. Ogden share in Knox's and Mrs. Knox affliction over their recent misfortune (Ogden is likely referring to the recent loss of Knox's youngest daughter, see GLC02437.03635). Invites Mrs. Knox to bring her children for a visit as "[o]ur Family and nieghbourhood are remarkably healthy, and I dare say what with the change of air & Exercise Lucys state of health would be mended and that Mrs Knox would sooner recover the very severe shock she has met with..." Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810

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