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- GLC#
- GLC02437.05591-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 August 1792
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Lucy Knox
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Thanks Lucy for her letter, and tells her that he also received a letter the same day from their daughter Lucy. Asks his wife to tell their daughter that he loves her "with all the strength she could desire and that my love is an abundant source of forgetfulness of a thousand little lapses." Provides a brief summary of how he is passing his days while away on business.
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