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Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05968 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 November 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Tells his father that he shall return to Boston tomorrow. Says Henry Cornplanter "wishes to go with me if you are willing. I think I heard you say, when he was at Newark that he might go to be under General Lincolns care." Hopes he can soon receive the gun he was promised. Says he will write the family about once a week.

Knox, Henry Jackson, 1780-1832
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