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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01259-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 24 October 1781
- Author/Creator
- Laurens, John, 1754-1782
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Yorktown, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Colonel Laurens communicates George Washington's request that Knox send "one of the pieces taken in the Redout [sic] by the french troops...to the regiment of Gattenois." This was in accordance with general orders issued 20 October 1781. The ordnance was seized in the Battle of Yorktown. Laurens had marched to Yorktown as an aide to General George Washington.
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