Henry Knox to William Knox about a Prisoner Exchange and Build Up of British Forces in New York, 5 August 1776

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Comments on their correspondence habits. Asks William to inform the wife of James Lovell that her husband would be released from the British in a prisoner exchange. Discusses British forces amassing in New York and preparing for an attack. Discusses the gravity of the situation at length. States I shrink and tremble at the Importance of our present conduct.