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Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01184 Author/Creator: Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 September 1781 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Reports that they have enough planks, but there has been an objection by Major Bauman and Mr. Thorp to the plans of General Mordecai Gist and the French generals to cut the planks and transport them with the troops. The planks were part of the supplies needed for the siege of Yorktown.

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792

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