[Ordnance taken at York and Gloucester]

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Ordnance taken at York and Gloucester]

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GLC#
GLC02437.01316-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
19-26 October 1781
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
[Ordnance taken at York and Gloucester]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 19.1 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

List of ordnance, arms and military stores "taken in the Enemies posts of" York and Gloucester. This "summary return" likely dates between October 19 and October 26, 1781. On the 26th, Washington drafted a letter to Congress (the final is addressed October 27) enclosing a number of final returns (which he had just received) of material captured at Yorktown, including one for arms, ordnance and military supplies. This summary appears to include estimates of captured arms and ordnance based on early assessments, before detailed inventories had been made. As such, it probably dates to within a few days at most of the surrender.

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