to Henry Knox

Fleming, George, 1748-1822 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.02040-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 29, 1783
Author/Creator
Fleming, George, 1748-1822
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Stoney Point, New York
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 33.7 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Informs Knox that he has now taken command of the posts from Captain [Ephraim] Fenno. Describes the condition of the arms, stores, guns and gunpowder in the magazine there. Notes that a number of the paper cartridges have been damaged and the magazine is unfit to store powder in. (See GLC02437.04043 for Knox's reply to this letter.)

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