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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01700-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 4 November 1782
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Samuel Darby
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Writes, "We have at West Point, one Bigelow belonging to the 7th Massachusetts regt. a limeburner, a man of eminent consequence to the public service at that place. I have requested to his Excellency the Commander in Chief [General George Washington] to retain him in his present occupation untill we can provide another person equally good in his profession. His Excellency has [consented?] and I write you this note to give you the information."
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