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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 A Sketch of a defense of General Washingtons System of the Campaign of 1776, at New York and its Vicinity

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00460 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: May 1786 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Sweeping account of the early events of the American Revolution intended to defend the strategy George Washington took when the British drove the Americans from New York in 1776. Draft copy with many editorial alterations. Title from docket, which also indicates that this was "written and given to Doctor Ramsay of South Carolina."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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