Harrison, Robert Hanson (1745-1790) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00274 Author/Creator: Harrison, Robert Hanson (1745-1790) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 April 1776 Pagination: 1p.+address. 23.2 cm. x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Transmits a letter originally to George Washington from a committee of the Continental Congress (not included) and asks Knox to go to New London, Connecticut to comply with its orders to work on its fortification and harbor. Requests a report after attending to the matter. Knox was then moving southward toward New York, planning coastal defenses against the British navy for Rhode Island and Connecticut in the process. Harrison was then a secretary to George Washington.
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