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Bryant, John (1742-1816) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.114 Author/Creator: Bryant, John (1742-1816) Place Written: Springfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 November 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Secretary of War Knox that he has sent a return of military stores for October 1787. Explains a discrepancy in the return for gun powder in detail.

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

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

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