Jarvis, Samuel G., fl. 1777-1794 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.06232-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
29 October 1794
Author/Creator
Jarvis, Samuel G., fl. 1777-1794
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Expresses his joy and appreciation over the friendship he shares with Knox and his lady [Lucy Knox]. Provides a detailed account of his last moments with his wife before she died. Notes she was four months pregnant and doing well. Discusses a romantic evening he had with her. Describes laying together at night for an hour talking and singing to her younger child. Says they awoke the next morning and laid in bed playing with their children past sunrise. Notes she walked over to his side of the bed and complained of a great pain in her side. The doctor was fetched but she passed away a few hours later. Expresses his grief and sorrow over losing her. A portion on the side of the third page is missing, causing text loss. Letter was repaired at a later date. Letter is unsigned. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

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