Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Knox

GLC02437.00746

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GLC#
GLC02437.00746-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
January 13, 1779
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to William Knox
Place Written
Pluckemin, New Jersey
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Address leaf has been cut out. Discusses the management of an estate, possibly his own, noting his satisfaction that William chose Joseph Peirce as agent. Requests William to procure black cloth from the State Store of Massachusetts to make coats for himself and his aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw. Also requests fabric for waistcoats. Remarks: "We are both naked- therefore I pray you cloath us... I mean this on supposition that you get [the cloth] at the same price that the other officers have gotten it... I could not procure these actual articles under a small fortune here and yet they are absolutely necessary." Requests uniform buttons. Reports that the "Miss Winslows" have not arrived.

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