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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Thomas Edwards

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.075 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: October 31, 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Pickering states that the public building raised by General Henry Knox by Mr. John Ellison, which is now occupied by Joseph King, is the only building that can be adapted to hold a court martial. The large room will be for the court and the two smaller rooms will be for Edwards' accommodations. Letter addressed to Lieutenant Thomas Edwards, Judge Advocate.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Edwards, Thomas, 1753-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ellison, John, fl. 1782
King, Joseph, fl. 1782

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