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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Timothy Pickering

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01648 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 October 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he does not have enough teams and artificers yet at West Point. Asks Pickering to work on obtaining them and reports that he has assigned Mr. [Daniel] Carthy to help.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Carthy, Daniel, fl. 1780-1782

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