Knox writes to a concerned parent regarding the reported death of his son
Document 1790Letter, Knox discusses reports of son's death.
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New York 16 June 1790.
Dear Sir
Your Servant has applied to me on your behalf to know whether I have heard any thing decisive respecting your Son. I sincerely wish I could relieve your anxiety upon so interesting a subject — immediately upon my first hearing the report I wrote you the enclosed letter by Mr. Lewis Ogden. But I believe it was not delivered lest it should excite in your breast fears which might be groundless.
It is now upwards of one
Type
Autograph Letter
Description
Letter, Knox discusses reports of son's death.
Date
06/16/1790
Author
Sent from
New York
Repository
Collection
Document number
1790061600101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Unaddressed
Henry Knox
General Harmar
Ogden
Notable locations
New York
Chickasaw Bluff
Ohio [River]
Mississippi
Tennasee River
Notable items
Chickasaw & Choctaw
distance by land of the place
into the river
out of the fire and afterwards that he fell down the river into the Ohio
if the fact was true of your sons being killed as has been reported
would have sent me an express as he must have heard all that we know
my conjectures at present stand thus
believe it was not delivered lest it should excite in your behalf fears which might be groundless
upwards of one week since I wrote that letter
have not received any official information whatever
last letters
your servant has applied to me in your behalf to know whether I have heard any thing decisive respecting your son
sincerely wish I could releive your anxiety upon so interesting a subject
immediately upon my first hearing the report I wrote you the enclosed letter