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2 September 1776
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Discusses the retreat from Long Island, after the Battle of Long Island, and plans to defend Manhattan.
GLC02437.00435
16 October 1781
Responds to his wife's letter chastising him for not writing (see GLC02437.01230). Reports that he is well and comments on the siege of Yorktown. Mentions that they stormed the British works with little loss the night before. Hopes to end the...
GLC02437.01231
12 March 1777
Arrived last evening after a long trip. The roads past Hartford were so bad that "the Slay" and much of the baggage had to be abandoned. Has heard a report that at Spanktown, modern day Rahway, "our people" killed and wounded five hundred of the...
GLC02437.00549
8 January 1777
States that his other recent letter, probably GLC02437.00514, is not full of sentiment because its contents is of public importance and she might wish to show the letter to others. Says that, while there love is public, the full expressions of it...
GLC02437.00516
13 April 1777
Expresses his love for her. Thinks Crane will soon have success in recruiting men. Feels "America trifles too much with the high matters in which she is engag'd - an infinity of happiness or misery depends upon the success or non-success of the...
GLC02437.00573
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