Tobias Lear to Henry Knox offering his sympathies for a loss in Knox's family - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.08172
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0164] Undated: The Knox Family
Title	Tobias Lear to Henry Knox offering his sympathies for a loss in Knox's family
Date	ca. 1789-1796
Author	Lear, Tobias (1762-1816)
Recipient	Knox, Henry
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Offers his sympathies to Knox for the loss in his family, probably due to the death of another Knox child. Date range inferred from death dates of a few of Knox's children, and other letters in collection referencing their deaths.
Subjects	Death Children and Family
People	Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Lear, Tobias (1762-1816)
Theme	Creating a New Government
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Download PDF Although perhaps, my dear General, I may be among the last to sympathize with you; Yet I am not among the least afflicted for your loss. And if it were possible for anything in my power to alleviate, in the smallest degree, the grief of yourself or family, I am sure my exertions would never be employed with more readiness. But in these cases consolation is sought from higher sources, from whence that it may flow to heal your wound is the sincere prayer of Your affectionate & sympathizing friend. Tobias Lear Genl Knox Friday Morning [address leaf] General Knox