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Howland, Joseph, 1749-1836 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00201 Author/Creator: Howland, Joseph, 1749-1836 Place Written: Norwich, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 August 1775 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Indicates that he sent Knox some hosiery. Describes Norwich as confused. Discusses current preparations to defend against the British, who would like to seize their provisions. Calls the uncontested British seizure of provisions on Fishers Island the previous week shameful for the Americans. Interprets a letter from George Washington to the Rhode Island Committee of Correspondence in regard to transports as a reprimand. Asks Knox his rank and requests that he show the works at Roxbury and Cambridge to two of Howland's friends. Discusses forming a light infantry in Rhode Island and asks Knox about uniforms. A post script asks Knox to send a copy of Colonel Timothy Pickering's "Plan of Exercise." Howland was a merchant and ship owner at Norwich, Connecticut.

Howland, Joseph, 1749-1836
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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