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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03634 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0081] July-September 1787 |
| Title | Samuel Ogden to Henry Knox with condolences on the death of Knox's youngest daughter |
| Date | 16 August 1787 |
| Author | Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Says he and Mrs. Ogden share in Knox's and Mrs. Knox affliction over their recent misfortune (Ogden is likely referring to the recent loss of Knox's youngest daughter, see GLC02437.03635). Invites Mrs. Knox to bring her children for a visit as "[o]ur Family and nieghbourhood are remarkably healthy, and I dare say what with the change of air & Exercise Lucys state of health would be mended and that Mrs Knox would sooner recover the very severe shock she has met with..." Written at Delaware Works, located in what is now Morrisville, Pennsylvania, near Trenton, New Jersey. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Children and Family Death Health and Medical |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810) |
| Place written | Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Women in American History; Children & Family; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |