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Greenleaf, Joseph, 1720-1810 to George Washington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00207 Author/Creator: Greenleaf, Joseph, 1720-1810 Place Written: Watertown, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 October 1775 Pagination: 1p. : address : docket ; Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Docketed by George Washington. Forwards Knox a plan (not included) given to Greenleaf "by a country gentleman." He concludes that Knox could make the best use of it, commenting that "if it affords any good hints they will be improved by you for the public good." On verso, there is a brief notation believed to be in George Washington's hand: "200 Tons Hay /10,000 Cords W."

Greenleaf, Joseph, 1720-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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