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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Sebastian Bauman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01070 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Sleepy Hollow, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. ; 33.2 x 18.7 cm. Order a Copy

Directed to Major Bauman or the officer in charge of artillery at West Point. Instructs the recipient to receive stores from Captain Thomas Seward, an artillery officer in charge of ordnance stores forwarded from Springfield, Massachusetts. Also orders the recipient to issue a receipt. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Seward, Thomas, 1740-1800

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