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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05152-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 September 1791
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Samuel Stanhope Smith
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Describes the grief of his family over the death of their son. Says "The expressive kindness manifested yesterday, to the remains of our beloved son, by the college under your direction [Princeton], has made a strong and grateful impression on the minds of myself and afflicted companion, for which we pray you, the Gentlemen tutors and Scholars to accept our sincere acknowledgements."
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