Doughty, John, 1754-1826 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.03022-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
30 June 1784
Author/Creator
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Major Doughty encloses returns of the ordnance stores and troops under his command. Plans to wait for clothing to arrive before sending a party of soldiers to Springfield, Massachusetts. Writes, "I have the Happiness to inform you that the greatest good order has prevailed in the discharge of the Troops from this place-" Reports a theft of stores. Reports on other events at West Point, thanking Knox for his charge.

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