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Ingersoll, Jonathon, ?-1823 to William Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00523 Author/Creator: Ingersoll, Jonathon, ?-1823 Place Written: New Haven, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 January 1777 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 25 x 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Promises Knox he will deliver letters to various people for him. Expresses his happiness on hearing that Knox had safely made the trip to Boston. Worries about Mrs. Knox, and comments on Knox's philosophy that "What is is best."

Ingersoll, Jonathan, -1823
Knox, William, 1756-1795
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Revolutionary War
Travel
Women's History
The War for Independence

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