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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) An account of the Stores in the Magazine & Park of Artillery.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01243 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 19 October 1781 Pagination: 3 p. + docket Order a Copy

Also signed by Richard Frothingham. Lists quantities of ordnance on hand during the siege of Yorktown. The list was composed by Frothingham, a Deputy and Principal Field Commissary of Military Stores in Knox's artillery train. It was gone over by Knox, who placed symbols next to items indicating that they were to either be shipped to Philadelphia or "remain with Mr. [Thomas] Jones in Virginia."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

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