Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01282 Author/Creator: Trumbull, Jonathan (1740-1809) Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 November 1781 Pagination: 1 p. ; docket Order a Copy
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. communicates a request from George Washington asking Knox to send a copy of the information Washington is to incorporate into a letter to Governor of Virginia Thomas Nelson. Washington also wants a list of the cannons Knox proposed be sold to reimburse William Ross. Possibly concerns indemnification for impressed supplies needed for the siege of Yorktown. Washington recently wrote a letter to the Governor of Maryland under similar circumstances (see GLC02437.01273). Trumbull was Washington's military secretary. Knox's reply appears in GLC02437.01286.
[draft]
4th Novr 1781 -
Sir
His Excellency requests you to send him Heads of the Letter you wish him to write to Gov' Nelson - also to furnish a list of the Cannon you propose to have sold to reimburse Mr Ross
Your J Trumbull Secy -
Major Genl Knox
[docket]
From
Col. Trumbull Secy
4 Nov. 1781.
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