Sickness of Child
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Sickness of Child
Description
Discussed illness of child and the return to health.
year created
1789
month created
07
day created
09
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Samuel Odgen
Henry Knox
child
Mr. Webber
Mrs. Knox
Knox children
notable location
New York
the Hook
notable item/thing
illness of child
health
packet
death of Knox children
loss of child
dysentery
disorder
experiment
last extremity of life
document number
1789070900101
page start
1
number of pages
2
transcription
New York, 9 July 1789
My dear Sir
I inclose you the statement and <undecipherable> of compsons him__ The release that is required and an echucht of Mr. Webbers letter
I pray you to have all done immediately thus is necessary and <undecipherable> inlike cases, and hanpick the same to me, so that I may inform Mr Webber by the packet which <undecipherable> sail on the 15th or 16th instand.
Mrs Knox and myself have lately had our feelings excited exceedingly by the apprehnsions aplosing our youngest child who has been at Reprouch of death
He was seized on the 28th of June with aviolent dysentry and brought to thelast extremity of life in three days
Thanks be to heaven his disorder seems to be so far mitigated that we have now aprospech of saving him__ We attribute his return to life to having when him fo_ three days to the Nook, and we <undecipherable> again repeat the experiment tomorrow
With the sincerest friendship for you and Mrs Ogden
I am my dear Sir
Your affectionate
HKnox
Saml Ogden Esqr
My dear Sir
I inclose you the statement and <undecipherable> of compsons him__ The release that is required and an echucht of Mr. Webbers letter
I pray you to have all done immediately thus is necessary and <undecipherable> inlike cases, and hanpick the same to me, so that I may inform Mr Webber by the packet which <undecipherable> sail on the 15th or 16th instand.
Mrs Knox and myself have lately had our feelings excited exceedingly by the apprehnsions aplosing our youngest child who has been at Reprouch of death
He was seized on the 28th of June with aviolent dysentry and brought to thelast extremity of life in three days
Thanks be to heaven his disorder seems to be so far mitigated that we have now aprospech of saving him__ We attribute his return to life to having when him fo_ three days to the Nook, and we <undecipherable> again repeat the experiment tomorrow
With the sincerest friendship for you and Mrs Ogden
I am my dear Sir
Your affectionate
HKnox
Saml Ogden Esqr
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | NCV03 (2 pages) | Collection: Dreer Collection | Generals/Revol. V:1. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Odgen | [unknown] | [n/a] |