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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.04049 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0086] October-December 1788 |
| Title | Henry Knox requests Thomas Lambert Moore sends his son home due to a measles outbreak |
| Date | 11 December 1788 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Moore, Thomas Lambert |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Knox requests that Moore send their son Henry home due to an outbreak of measles at Hempstead. Notes that two of his children "are emerging from the distemper, and two others must inevitably take it..." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Education Children and Family Health and Medical Disease |
| People | Moore, Thomas Lambert (1758-1799) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Knox, Henry Jackson (1780-1832) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Health & Medicine; Education |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Moore was rector of St. George's Church at Hempstead, Long Island 1785-1799. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |