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- GLC#
- GLC02437.01425-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 20, 1782
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to John Lamb
- Place Written
- Burlington, New Jersey
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 20.9 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Writes Colonel John Lamb with instructions regarding the amount of artillery equipment, such as tumbrils, wagons, horses, and camp equipage, necessary for a possible offensive strike in the New York area. Also discusses the movement of supplies from Philadelphia to Burlington by Lieutenant [possibly William] Price. Relates the assignments of Captain [William] Stevens, Mr. [John Jacob] Faesch, Captain [Thomas] Patten, Quartermaster Captain [John] Miles, and General and Secretary at War [Benjamin] Lincoln.
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