Waters, Josiah, fl. 1776-1794 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.00249-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 10, 1776
Author/Creator
Waters, Josiah, fl. 1776-1794
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Windham, Connecticut
Pagination
1 p. : docket : address Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Congratulates Knox on a safe return from Fort Ticonderoga, where he was retrieving artillery pieces for the Continental Army in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Has had trouble obtaining books on military fortification and asks Knox, who had been a bookseller in Boston, if he could find some. Asks Knox to inform him of what maneuvers are being planned against the British, and promises it will "be most sacredly kept." Mentions that the saltpeter (a compound used in gunpowder) works are proceeding rapidly.

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