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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00691 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Poughkeepsie, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: January 18, 1778 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Later copy. Previous catalog record noted that this is a copy. Knox had planned to travel to New England by way of Albany, New York, so he could see Lincoln and Benedict Arnold, but his late departure will prevent him from taking that route. Comments on Lincoln's recovery (his leg was badly injured during the Saratoga campaign in 1777). Congratulates Lincoln on the victory at Saratoga, New York: "The success with which your exertions have been crowned, and the ample security it affords at present to this and the neighboring states must be a pleasing reflection in your pain and confinement." Relates that George Washington has ordered him (Knox) to transfer cannons from Albany, New York to Pennsylvania. Remarks that George Clinton, Governor of New York, suggested to Knox that the cannons be transported by water after the ice melts. Notes that if Lincoln is not well enough to travel to Boston in six weeks, Knox will travel through Albany to see him.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Clinton, George, 1739-1812

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