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Heath, William, 1737-1814 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00405 Author/Creator: Heath, William, 1737-1814 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: circa July 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

After receiving an inquiry from the Continental Congress, General Heath asks Knox how many of the canons brought to Massachusetts from Fort Ticonderoga (for the Siege of Boston) were brought from Cambridge to New York, and how many belong to New England colonies. At the time, Heath was in New York, serving under General Israel Putnam. Signed in text in the third person.

Heath, William, 1737-1814
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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