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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01037-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 11 July 1781
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Sebastian Bauman
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Knox writes to Major Bauman at West Point. Instructs Bauman to send one company of artillery from West Point to Dobbs Ferry, New York. Adds that the cannon must be put on board vessels and sent as soon as possible. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (near present-day Tarrytown).
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