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- GLC#
- GLC02437.06239-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 November 1794
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Samuel G. Jarvis
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes a lengthy letter of condolence on the death of Jarvis's wife. Comments that religion and philosophy may help ease the pain along with the passage of time. Notes how happy she must have been to endure such pain. Also mentions her helpless newborn baby and for Jarvis to see that someone is looking after her. Refers to the "Creator" in explaining the nature of life and death. See GLC02437.06232 for Jarvis's letter to Knox informing him of the death of his wife.
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