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Stringer, Samuel, 1725-? to William Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00470 Author/Creator: Stringer, Samuel, 1725-? Place Written: Albany, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 October 1776 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; 30.8 x 18.4 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses their correspondence. Comments on General Philip Schuyler's planned resignation. Discusses expectations for an attack on Fort Ticonderoga and the plans of General Horatio Gates in relation to Schuyler's impending resignation. Sends his regards to various people.

Stringer, Samuel, 1725-?
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806

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