Hull, William, 1753-1825 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.02987-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 30, 1784
Author/Creator
Hull, William, 1753-1825
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Hull, commandant of West Point, reports he has ordered a general inoculation for smallpox among his soldiers due to a recent outbreak of the disease. Also relates that a "stragling woman" broke into and set fire to the block house, a post between West Point and New Windsor. Mortified, relates that the house was "entirely consumed." Granted Amasa Jackson, a soldier, a leave of absence although he requested a discharge. "On public service," is handwritten on address leaf.

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