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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04411 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0092] November-December 1789 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Robert Aitken regarding a list of officers from the American Revolution |
| Date | 9 November 1789 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Aitken, Robert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Based on an agreement with David Ramsay, Knox was supposed to have sent Aitken a list of general and field officers to be published in the appendix of Ramsay's book, History of the American Revolution. He had another person working on the list for over two months, and upon review found the list too erroneous to publish. Also thinks the list would offend many, as it did not take into consideration those who left the service before the end of the war. Intends to let Ramsay know his reasons for not sending the list (refer to GLC02437.04778). |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Literature and Language Arts Military History Revolutionary War Continental Army |
| People | Aitken, Robert (1735-1802) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ramsay, David (1749-1815) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Arts & Literature; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Robert Aitken was a printer and bookseller in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War and Early Republic. He printed the first English language Bible in America (1782). David Ramsay (April 2, 1749 – May 8, 1815) was an American physician and historian from Charleston, South Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War he served as a field-surgeon (1780–1781), and from 1776 to 1783 he was a member of the South Carolina legislature. Having acted as one of the council of safety at Charleston, he was, on the capture of that city in 1780, seized by the British as a hostage, and for nearly a year was kept in confinement at St. Augustine, Florida. From 1782 to 1786 he served in the Continental Congress, and from 1801 to 1815 in the state Senate, of which he was long president. He was one of the first major historians of the American Revolution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |