Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to George Washington

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GLC#
GLC02437.05147-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 September 1791
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to George Washington
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Initialed by Knox. Thanks Washington for his sympathy regarding the death of his son. States "The arrow with [which we were] stricken is indeed barbed with the keenest anguish." Says that neither reason nor philosophy has had their proper effect.

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