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- GLC#
- GLC02437.00219-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 14, 1775
- Author/Creator
- Knox, William, 1756-1795
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Sabbath Day Point, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 21.1 cm, Width: 16.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Reports that the boat with letters and provisions sent by Henry arrived yesterday. Explains how a boat William was riding to Sabbath Day Point in sank close to the shore, making the artillery on board and the vessel salvageable. Captain Johnson also arrived, and together with William sent a boat toward Lake George, but the ice will make it slow. William will ride a different scow up to Lake George. Asks Henry to pay Captain Johnson. Henry was then engaged in an operation to transport artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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