Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Timothy Pickering

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GLC#
GLC02437.10167-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
13 October 1783
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Timothy Pickering
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 35.5 cm, Width: 23.4 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Signed "HK." Writes to Colonel Pickering about the transportation of wood. Mentions sending a regiment to Connecticut. Discusses the place where wood can be obtained with the greatest facility. There will be a regiment of men wintering at West Point so "[t]he roads shall be put into the best order for this purpose." Would like the wood to be transported by water as quickly as possible, since "[t]o put off this arrangement until the winter, and then to oblige the Men to hall it upon sleds, will be a herculean task, to which their strength will be fully unequal." Watermarked with three fleur-de-lis inside a crest and a crown over lettering.

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