Greene, Catharine L., 1755-1814 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03898 Author/Creator: Greene, Catharine L., 1755-1814 Place Written: Wethersfield, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 June 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 23 x 18.3 cm. Order a Copy
Original from which GLC02437.03897 was copied. 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…"
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