Knox, William, 1756-1795 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03659 Author/Creator: Knox, William, 1756-1795 Place Written: Roxbury, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 September 1787 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.6 cm Order a Copy
Discusses his trip to Boston, where he met with Mrs. Hancock but Governor Hancock was ill and so he did not see him. Mentions visiting other acquaintances in Boston, including Mrs. Waldo and Mrs. Butler. Writes: "Last night or rather this morning a Corvette or Royal Vessell [sic] arrived in the Harbour of Boston in forty days from Brest with orders for the fleet and the Viscount de Beaumont to repair immediately to France, in consequence of which orders have been given to the Fleet to sail tomorrow morning. - This has a serious appearance and produces various conjectures - the probability is that Hostilities are commenced or expected soon to commence with the powers in the different interests of Holland." Noted as written in Roxbury, which is now a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. "Free" handwritten on address leaf with no signature.
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