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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Stephen Rochefontaine

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06174 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter Date: 16 August 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.9 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Requests fortifications be made in several places with the "utmost vigor." Notes the agents located in those places need to make arrangements for possessing the necessary grounds. Also mentions needing surveys on each fortification.

Rochefontaine, Stephen, 1755-1814
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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