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- GLC#
- GLC02437.02780-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 15 November 1783
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to William Hull
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 23.6 cm, Width: 17.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Informs that the British will begin evacuating New York soon. Mentions the evacuation of Kingsbridge, Fort Washington, McGowan's Pass, New York City, Brookland (Brooklyn), Paulus Hook, Staten Island, and De Neices (Denyse's Ferry in Brooklyn). Advises Hull to ready his men and states that George Washington, Governor Clinton and himself will arrive soon and may need quarters. Post script states that a small party of Hull's men will be left in Westchester.
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