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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Ephraim Fenno

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01853 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 24 January 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.2 x 17.6 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses ammunition that has been stolen out of the magazine at Verplanck's Point and asks for an investigation. Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. See GLC02437.01852 for Washington's request for an investigation.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Fenno, Ephraim, fl. 1776-1784

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