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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00462-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 October 1776
- Author/Creator
- Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Hibernia, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Discusses the canons he was ordered to make. Work had stopped from lack of communication but was restarting, and Hoff seeks instructions on what to make. Also indicates that he has the opportunity to hire additional moulders, one of which was the letter bearer, his brother, John Hoff. Assures Knox his iron will make good canons. Hoff ran a foundry called Hibernia Furnace.
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