Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Tobias Lear re: thanks for condolences

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GLC#
GLC02794.017-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1791/09/09
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Tobias Lear re: thanks for condolences
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : address Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Thanks for Lear's condolence letter concerning a death in Knox's family. "We both felt it perhaps too Sensibly, but more particularly the tender Mother whose former wounds are opened afresh on this unexpected event . . . grief almost too much for human nature." Knox lost an infant son and a 9-year-old son in 1790. Attached to GLC 2794.016. Docketed on address leaf.

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