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Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02649 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 18.3 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

Request for Knox to deliver "for the use of the Indian tribes, five hundred pounds of powder - one thousand pound, of lead and one thousand flints - " Noted as written at the War Office.

War Office Octr. 14t. 1783 -
Sir
You will please to deliver to the order of General Schuyler, for the use of the Indian tribes, five hundred pounds of powder - One thousand pounds of lead and one thousand flints -
I am Sir your hum srt
B Lincoln
Hon. Maj.r General Knox

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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