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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09310-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 June 1783
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to Benjamin Lincoln
- Place Written
- New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.1 cm, Width: 21.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Written from military Headquarters in New York. Washington, Commander in Chief of Continental forces, writes to Lincoln, Secretary at War. Discusses extra allowances requested by General Henry Knox, declaring the allowances "perfectly reasonable and well founded." Attests that Knox's position as commander at West Point (1782-1783) required extra expenses (in 1782, Knox entertained many French officers in the area). Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Docket indicates this letter is a copy.
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