Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [A rough estimate of the number of teams which will be wanting to transport cannon and stores]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00961 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 2 June 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 34 x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy
Includes estimates for transport from: Providence, Rhode Island to Fishkill, New York; Boston, Massachusetts to [Claverack], New York; and from Springfield, Massachusetts to Claverack. Signed by Knox directed to Colonel Timothy Pickering.
[draft]
A rough Estimate of the number of teams which will be wanting to transport Cannon and stores from [struck: and to] the following places
From Providence to Fish Kill
Waggons or carts well
cover'd each to carry
about 1400 lbs about 40
8 heavy cannon 6 yoke
oxen and one horse cart
From Boston to Claverack
number uncertain because
the quantities cannot
be expressed, as it is not
known what will be obtaind
but possible teams each to
to carry [1400 lbs] - 60
8 Heavy pairs - 1 Horse and six
Yoke Oxen each -
and
2 Mortars to yoke oxen
each -
[2] From Springfield to Claverack
[struck: about] Teams - about 30
[illegible] each -
New Windsor 2d June 1781 HKnox BG Artillery
Coll Pickering Quarter Master General.
[docket]
copy
Estimate of Teams
2d June 1781 -
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