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- GLC#
- GLC02437.07513-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16 March 1801
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Thomas Jefferson
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
A cordial letter welcoming Jefferson to office, and expressing approval of Jefferson's inauguration speech. Appreciates Jefferson's appeal for less partisanship as a means for "cementing more closely our union." Remarks upon the fact that he supported [John] Adams but nevertheless maintains a resepect for and attachment to Jefferson. Signed by Knox with initials.
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