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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to William Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02908 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 20.9 cm. Order a Copy

Orders Captain Price, commissary of military stores, to deliver supplies such as steel, wine, tin, flannel, leather, and blubber oil to Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General.

Price was Deputy Commissary of Military Stores and officer in charge at West Point, 1785-1786.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Price, William, d. 1790
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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