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Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) to Samuel Shaw

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01057 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 14.1 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Pickering, Quartermaster General, discusses a delay in teams sent to transport cannon to Dobbs Ferry, New York. Informs Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, that Major Thomas Cogswell, wagonmaster, will conduct the teams to Dobbs Ferry to prevent further delay. Docketed by Shaw.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Cogswell, Thomas, 1746-1810

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