Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to unknown
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01420 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Burlington, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 May 1782 - 17 May 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 33 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy
Addressed to the "Contractor or Commissary for subsisting the troops at this post." Consists of working drafts of two letters, one on the front and one on the verso. The first, a signed letter dated 16 May 1782, tells the commissary that he must deliver to the artillery artificers the one and a half rations of provisions they were promised upon joining the army. Captain [Thomas] Patten will provide the commissary with a count of how many persons require rations. There is a note at the bottom which appears to be the beginning of another rough draft of the letter. On the verso is an unsigned letter, addressed to the same individual, dated 17 May 1782. Writes, "The men who work in the laboratory being under the same Circumstances as they who are drafted from the Brigade and annexed to the Artificers - are also entitled to the same Allowance of Provision." Requested the commissary to follow the orders of a Lieutenant [possibly William] Price, or any officer commanding the party, and treat the return signed by the officer as a warrant to issue the rations.
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