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- GLC#
- GLC02437.02851-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 December 1783
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Daniel Parker
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses the lack of provisions for the troops at West Point, stating "[t]here are not more provision at this place than will serve the troops to the end of the month, and I much doubt whether it will last so long ... " Request that Parker supplies the post with supplies as soon as possible.
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