Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.05148-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
9 September 1791
Author/Creator
Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 24.3 cm, Width: 19.3 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Asks Knox's pardon "for the intrusion of a letter on business yesterday morning - I had not heard 'till late in the afternoon of your House being a House of Mourning, or I shou[l]d never have broke in on you at such a season." This is in reference to the death of Knox's son Marcus (see GLC02437.05152 and .05162). Sends his sympathies. Tells Knox that "true indeed is the observation of the Poet that We are all Pensioners on the bounty of an hour. Such are the terms on which He who Wills all things gave us life; and we must submit."

Signer of the U.S. Constitution.

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