Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to unknown
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00271 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 April 1776 Pagination: 2 p. ; 18.8 cm. x 15.9 cm. Order a Copy
Orders an officer to proceed to Norwich, Connecticut with powder and ammunition. Notes that the officer has a warrant to impress teams of animals if necessary. A note on the verso records numerical quantities of unnamed items being transferred from Cambridge, Massachusetts to various New England towns. Knox was then moving southward toward New York, planning coastal defenses against the British navy for Rhode Island and Connecticut in the process.
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