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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to [Thomas] Seward

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01009 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30.7 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Orders Captain Seward, an artillery officer in charge of ordnance stores forwarded [from] Springfield, to secure powder and other stores under the decks of transport vessels (Seward was apparently on his way to Claverack, New York). The powder and stores are to be delivered to John Ruddock at Fishkill, New York, and to West Point.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Seward, Thomas, 1740-1800
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

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