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- GLC#
- GLC02437.02663-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 October 1783
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Timothy Pickering
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 18 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses the issue of providing firewood for various forts along the Hudson, specifically Stony and Verplanck's Point. Asks if it is possible for those two places to obtain their own wood from the surrounding areas. Retained copy prepared for Knox's files, copied out entirely in the hand of Knox's aide-de-camp John Lillie. Docket in the hand of John Lillie.
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