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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00207-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 23, 1775
- Author/Creator
- Greenleaf, Joseph, 1720-1810
- Title
- to George Washington
- Place Written
- Watertown, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1p. : address : docket ; Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 15.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Docketed by George Washington. Forwards Knox a plan (not included) given to Greenleaf "by a country gentleman." He concludes that Knox could make the best use of it, commenting that "if it affords any good hints they will be improved by you for the public good." On verso, there is a brief notation believed to be in George Washington's hand: "200 Tons Hay /10,000 Cords W."
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