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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00938-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 17, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 34 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Carleton signs as Secretary of the Board of War. The Board has agreed to Knox's request to send artillery from the Marquis de Lafayette's detachment to the south. "...the Board are of opinion... all that can in the present situation of the Ordnance department, be conveniently spared for the Southern Service."
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