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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01554-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 31 August 1782
- Author/Creator
- Howe, Robert, 1732-1786
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Verplanck, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : docket ; Height: 23.7 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Major General Howe writes to discuss a boat that he has been given by Mr. [Daniel] Carthy for temporary use. Quips that his only alternative would be "walking on the water, which had I not a Broken leg I Really want Faith to do." Declares that he does not want to part with the boat yet because he has a broken leg, and expects most of their transportation to be by water. Mentions Colonel John Crane.
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