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- GLC#
- GLC02437.03016-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 12 June 1784
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- [Orders regarding the Act of Congress to reduce the infantry]
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Discusses arrangements made in light of the Congressional resolve to discharge most of the Continental troops. Writes, "General Knox cannot take leave of this remnant of the Continental Army without expressing his ardent wishes for their future prosperity, and his firm confidence that their conduct as citizens, will be as good and amiable as their characters as soldiers have been illustrious and honorable." Location inferred.
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