Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.02725-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
30 October 1783
Author/Creator
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Newburgh, New York
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

States that Mr. Denniston has applied to him for boards but that he is unable to purchase any. Plans on pulling down buildings at Wappings [Wappingers] Creek to use for board. Teams will haul the wood to the Point [West Point]. Mentions in the postscript that there are five travelling forges at Newburgh that he is reluctant to sell because they are "particularly related to the artillery."

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