Greene, Catharine L., 1755-1814 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03897 Author/Creator: Greene, Catharine L., 1755-1814 Place Written: Wethersfield, Connecticut Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 16 June 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.2 cm Order a Copy
Contemporary copy of GLC02437.03898. Expresses gratitude for recent arrangements Knox made for her son George Washington Greene to travel to France for his education. Writes, "…your goodness particularly to my little boy has filled me with the most lively gratitude which however would not pain me if I had any other method of shewing you my feelings than by professions only. I am disgusted with professions: The world makes use of them, alas I know too well how fallaciously…" A note on page two underneath the docket states: "In consequence of the great friendship which existed between Gen Greene and Gen Knox some of his children were confided to the direction of the latter." Location inferred from GLC02437.03898.
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