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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01613.06 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: November 27, 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Knox tells Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to suspend the sending of clothing for the militia then engaged in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion, because of the arrival of Colonel Hamilton, possibly Alexander Hamilton. Letter written from the War Department.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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