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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.023 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 9 April 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.5 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Directs Captain Bryant to immediately send 152 muskets and bayonets to Chauncy Whittlesey in Middletown, Connecticut. Written from the War Department.

Captain John Bryant was the Deputy Commissary of Military Stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bryant, John, 1742-1816

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