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Peters, Richard (ca. 1743-1828) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01197 Author/Creator: Peters, Richard (ca. 1743-1828) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 September 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Orders Knox to send ordnance to General Nathanael Greene, who was "extremely destitute of Musket Ammunition." The Continental Army began to invest the British works for the siege of Yorktown the day before. Peters was the Secretary of the Board of War & Ordnance.

Peters, Richard, 1744-1828
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Board of War & Ordnance
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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