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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Capt. Bayler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00240 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 January 1776 Pagination: 1p. 18.8 cm. x 14.7 cm. Order a Copy

Apologizes for taking Bayler's horse for his brother, William Knox. Had Knox known he would have been away so long, he would not have taken it. Knox was then organizing the transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bayler, fl. 1776
Knox, William, 1756-1795

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