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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01190-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 25 September 1781
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- [Mr. Jones will apply to Mr. Frothingham and receive five hundred Arms & bayonets].
- Place Written
- Williamsburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Instructions indicating that a Mr. [Thomas] Jones will collect ordnance and transport it to Williamsburg, Virginia. Closes by saying "This order will be executed instantly." The arms were for a Virginia regiment commanded by Major General Baron Steuben. The Continental Army was then preparing for the siege of Yorktown.
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