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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.05944 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0120] October-December 1793 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Winthrop Sargent about the reconvening of Congress, the yellow fever and troops in Ohio [copy] |
| Date | 13 October 1793 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Sargent, Winthrop |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document; Military document |
| Content Description | Later copy. References Sargent's letter of 28 September. Believes Congress will meet in Philadelphia as the yellow fever appears to have dissipated. Believes a symbolic gesture that things are back to normal is necessary "or all the American commerce will be injured in foreign countries." Encloses a letter from Fort Washington in Ohio (not included). Says the army marched from the Ohio River on 7 October with 3,000 volunteers and is expecting more. Written from Falls of Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, present day Philadelphia. |
| Subjects | Yellow Fever Disease Congress Health and Medical Government and Civics Commerce Merchants and Trade Global History and Civics Northwest Indian War Northwest Territory American Indian History Military History Westward Expansion Frontiers and Exploration |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Sargent, Winthrop (1753-1820) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Health & Medicine; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Native Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |