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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Phillips Savage

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04693 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 August 1790 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Secretary of War Knox tells Savage he read of the death of Savage's son Captain Joseph Savage. As he is fairly certain this is untrue, Knox wonders how that misinformation appeared in a Worcester newspaper. Knox tells about hearing from the port collector of Savannah Mr. Habersham as as well as Captain John Smith, both of whom "remember nothing of such an event."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Savage, Samuel Phillips, 1718-1797

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