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- GLC#
- GLC02437.02094-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16 April 1783
- Author/Creator
- Humphreys, David, 1752-1818
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Newburgh, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 21.3 cm, Width: 17.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Requests that Knox attend a meeting at Head Quarters with General Washington and that Washington would like Knox's advice as to "at what time & in what manner it is best to announce this Intelligence to the Army - and what measures are necessary to be taken respecting the men who are engaged for the War." Washington's headquarters were at Newburgh, New York at this time.
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