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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01160-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- August 31, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Board of War & Ordnance
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Reports that General George Washington has ordered him to take southward all the arms and accoutrements possible. The demand has been indicated to Washington in letters from the Marquis de Lafayette. The supplies were needed for the upcoming Siege of Yorktown. He requests specific supplies listed on an accompanying sheet (GLC02437.01161). The Board of War and Ordnance was responsible for supplying troops in the field.
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