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- GLC#
- GLC02437.10046-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 24, 1782
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Andrew Billings
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 35.7 cm, Width: 23.2 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Asks Billings to engrave inscriptions on certain cannon as directed by Congress to be presented to the Count de Rochambeau. "As this is a matter in which the Reputation for Arts in the United States is in some degree concerned," instructs Billings to make the engravings as perfect as possible. Suggests Billings engrave the emblems of Justice and Liberty on some cannons, and representations of naval combat on others. Also suggests engraving "a bald head eagle the lately adopted Arms of the United States."
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