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Blair, Samuel, 1741-1818 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02157 Author/Creator: Blair, Samuel, 1741-1818 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 June 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Offers his congratulations on ending the war, while expressing his regret on not being able to congratulate him personally. "I pray the Supreme Rewarder of the good & the truly brave may bless you with the copious fruits of that peace you have by so many energies contributed to procure." Also mentions a niece whose husband is no good, "worse than widowed."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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