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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) KNOX, HENRY. Partly-printed Document
Signed, “HKnoxMGen’l,” discharging Joseph Bales from service in the 4th Massachusetts
Regiment. 9x7 inches; stain at upper left recto, slight fading to text (but signature bold),
faint dampstaining at fold intersections, short separation at horizontal fold, docketing on
verso; matted with portrait in double-sided frame.
NewYork, 31 December 1783
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SIGNER:“I SHALL SET OUTTOMORROW FORTHE SOUTHERN ARMY”
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) MORRIS, LEWIS.Autograph Letter Signed, to S.
White, explaining that his obligations would likely prevent him from meeting a mutual
friend or becoming a partner in a business venture, but inviting him to visit in Virginia. 2
pages, 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; short separations at folds with
minor loss to text, faint scattered staining. (TFC)
Philadelphia, 1 November 1780
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I . . . wish it was in my power to answer . . . more fully . . . but I shall set out tomorrow for
the Southern Army, and have a thousand little things to command my attention before I go. . . .
You have been informed of my attachment for our friend and may conceive how pleasing the
subject was to me tho I am separated from her by a vast ocean and my profession precludes me
from following her . . . .
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. . . I wish to hear from you when you come to Virginia.Your letter will find me at the Head
Quarters of the Southern Army. I shall write to our friend and as you will probably see her
from what you hint, will entrust you with the letter. . . .”
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