Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to unknown

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GLC#
GLC02437.09829-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1 April 1795
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to unknown
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Letter is not signed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Discusses his disappointment with his son [likely Henry Jackson Knox]. Notes his friend [Henry] Jackson, informed Knox that his son "fell into the vilest of company male, and female, and [practiced] gambling and drinking excessively." Notes, "it is highly probable that his connection with bad women may have diseased him.

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