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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.024 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 18 June 1792 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Directs Captain Bryant to "furnish Capt. Flunt, with arms for his recruits: and that you will transport to Middletown, Connecticut, addressed to Captain John Pratt, - Fifty - stand of arms - Let them all be of the 'Charleville' Stamp." 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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