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Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776 John Hoff Memoranda for Col: Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00463 Author/Creator: Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 6 October 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.9 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Autograph endorsement signed on verso by Henry Knox, written from Mt. Washington, [New York] dated 6 October 1776, requests that Lieutenant Samuel Treat be granted passage over King's Bridge. John Hoff's memoranda explains the content and circumstances of the delivery (by John Hoff) of a letter from Joseph Hoff, owner of Hibernia Furnace, to Colonel Thomas Mifflin, requesting instructions for an order of artillery pieces (see GLC02437.00462). Since Mifflin went to Philadelphia, the letter is going to Henry Knox.

Hoff, Joseph, fl. 1776-1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hoff, John, fl. 1776
Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800
Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777

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