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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09357-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 17 August 1782
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Newburgh, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Requests Knox's opinion on the "proposed arrangement of the office of Field Commissary of Military Stores." Includes an extract from a letter by the Secretary of War at the end of his letter, which he wants Knox's opinion on. The extract is regarding the number of officers to be employed in the Field Commissary's department, and how and where they should be employed. Washington's signature clipped. Written at "Head Quarters." Docketed by Henry Knox.
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