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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09380-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1782/09/17
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Rocky Hill, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Consents to stopping work on the magazine and instead having the men work on the barracks. "I shall inform the Secretary at War, who seemed to have the completion of the Magazine much at heart, of the reasons which have hindered us from proceeding." Approves Knox's nomination of "Commissaries &c of Military stores." Written at "Head Quarters." Docketed in Knox's hand.
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