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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04221 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0089] May-June 1789 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox looking forward to a visit |
| Date | 26 May 1789 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes, "We very much lament the occasion which hurryed you by us with out giving us a call, we hope to hear of the recovery of your Child without injury having happened to so precious a member as its Eye." He and his wife look forward to an upcoming visit with Knox and his wife. Writes that he will be leaving from Booneton [Boonton] (in New Jersey) on Monday morning, and while en route will send Knox a letter on the subject of a remittance for one of their business contacts. He and Mrs. Ogden send their love to Lucy and to "Uncle Billy," Knox's brother William. Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Children and Family Health and Medical Finance |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) Knox, Lucy Flucker (1756-1824) Knox, William (1756-1795) Ogden, Euphemia Morris (1754-1818) |
| Place written | Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | For a discussion of Delaware Works and Morrisville, refer to W. W. H. (William Watts Hart) Davis, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |