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Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00402 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 July 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 15.7 cm Order a Copy

Reports on intelligence on British forces gathered from Benjamin Davis, one of about 150 prisoners taken from a ship captured by a privateer named Captain Skimmer and brought it to Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Davis, Benjamin, fl. 1776-1778

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