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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01624 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0046] September 17822 |
Title | Henry Knox to George Washington about former women and children prisoners of native Americans in need of assistance |
Date | 22 September 1782 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Washington, George |
Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
Content Description | Written by Major General Knox to General Washington. Says he arrived at camp to find that 22 American women and children, formerly prisoners who had travelled from Canada, were seeking assistance. They travelled down from Vermont to Albany, New York. From Albany, Lord Stirling sent them southward with the idea that they could reach Philadelphia. Says "These unhappy people, were inhabitants of the frontiers of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Their husbands and fathers have been murdered by the Savages and themselves taken into captivity to Canada." Reports that after "horrors unutterable," they were trying to return to places where they were known. Has given them some provisions and seems to be asking if Washington will give them permission to travel to Philadelphia on army wagons (handwriting is hard to decipher here). Hopes the Minister of War "will take measures to enable them to go with a degree of comfort to the places of their destination." |
Subjects | Prisoner of War Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army President West Point (US Military Academy) Canada Prisoner Women's History Children and Family Frontiers and Exploration American Indian History Death Atrocity Military Provisions Travel Transportation |
Theme | The American Revolution; Native Americans; Women in American History; Children & Family |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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