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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Mr. Swart

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00242 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Blandford, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 January 1776 Pagination: 1p.+address. 27.9 cm. x 15.9 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the movement of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts, specifically between Blandford and Springfield, Massachusetts. Updates arrangements for the assistance Swart was supplying.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Swart, fl. 1776

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