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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to [Ebenezer] Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01036 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 July 1781 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 23.1 x 19.1 cm. Order a Copy

Gives Colonel Stevens instructions regarding the transportation of ammunition and stores. Discusses moving the artillery park and gathering ordnance and stores to be moved with the army. Mentions Richard Frothingham, a commissary, who will assist with moving the stores. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (near present-day Tarrytown).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

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