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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Timothy Pickering

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10044 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 September 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 35.6 x 22.6 cm. Order a Copy

Knox requests [horses] from Pickering, Quartermaster General. Knox possibly writes from West Point. Notes that the duties at his location require horses and forage. In the right margin, writes, "at present we are totally without."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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