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Gridley, Richard, 1711-1796 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00251 Author/Creator: Gridley, Richard, 1711-1796 Place Written: Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket : address Height: 21 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

At the request of General Horatio Gates, Gridley asks Knox to inform General Israel Putnam of the need for repairs on a bridge at Lechmere Point, Massachusetts. Gridley was the army's chief engineer, he was succeeded by Knox in 1775 but retained the title.

Gridley, Richard, 1711-1796
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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