Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Lambert Moore
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04049 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 11, 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy
Knox requests that Moore send their son Henry home due to an outbreak of measles at Hempstead. Notes that two of his children "are emerging from the distemper, and two others must inevitably take it..."
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