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- GLC#
- GLC02437.06279-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 21, 1794
- Author/Creator
- Smith, William, fl. 1794
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Discusses the "total destruction" of his father's property that took place during the war (possibly the Revolutionary War). Notes the entire family looks to him for support. Comments he is "determined to bear the pressure & the flight like a man." Mentions his brother, Colonel John Smith, will be leaving for Europe on Wednesday. Asks Knox to send his brother's commission, which he was entitled to before his resignation from the service, to them. Notes the commission will be used as a passport and voucher of his brother's citizenship. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.
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