Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to George Palmer
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00218 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Lake George, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 December 1775 Pagination: 2p. : docket ; 21 cm. x 16.3 cm. Order a Copy
Asks Captain Palmer to obtain forty sleds for transporting artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the oxen or horses needed to pull them. Asserts that he will assist in any way possible. Requests an immediate response. Written from Fort George in Lake George, New York.
Fort George Decr 12 1775
Capt Palmer
Sir
In consequence of the intimation given to you by me some time since that I should want your assistance I now write to you - I must beg that you would purchase or get made immediately 40. good strong sleds that will each be able to carry a long Cannon clear from dragging on the Ground & which will weigh 5400 pounds each & likewise that you would procure Oxen or horses as you shall judge most proper to drag them, you will also be the best judge of the number [struck: necessary] [inserted: which will] be wanting - I think that you may be able to purchase sleds that are ready made [struck: with] which by strengthening might do - the sleds that they are first put upon are to go to Camp near Boston - The Cattle as far as Albany or Kinderhook where [2] where we must get fresh ones - I most earnestly beg of you to spare no trouble or necessary expence in getting these things - from the character universally given to you & from your known attachment to the cause I [struck: flatter] [inserted: of your country I] promise myself [struck: the fattest advantages] the completest assistance in your power - whatever expence you are at I shall pay you immediately. [struck: I am] I send you this by an express by whom I wish you to send me an [struck: immediate] answer directly
In the Interim I am
Sir Your Most Hble
Servant Henry Knox
[docket]
Copy of Letter to
Esqr. Palmer
Decr 11th 1775
of
Stillwater
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