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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01210-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 6, 1781
- Author/Creator
- Peters, Richard, fl. 1732-1828
- Title
- to Samuel Hodgdon
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 p. :
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Orders Hodgdon to proceed immediately with fulfilling General Henry Knox's request for ordnance (see GLC02437.01189). Emphasizes the need for swift action and mentions that the Board of War & Ordnance will be held responsible for any failure. Peters was the Secretary of the Board of War & Ordnance. Samuel Hodgdon was the commissary general of military stores appointed by the Board. Knox needed the ordnance for the siege of Yorktown. Written in a clerical hand. This was enclosed with GLC02437.01209.
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