Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00746 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Pluckemin, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 13, 1779 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Address leaf has been cut out. Discusses the management of an estate, possibly his own, noting his satisfaction that William chose Joseph Peirce as agent. Requests William to procure black cloth from the State Store of Massachusetts to make coats for himself and his aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw. Also requests fabric for waistcoats. Remarks: "We are both naked- therefore I pray you cloath us... I mean this on supposition that you get [the cloth] at the same price that the other officers have gotten it... I could not procure these actual articles under a small fortune here and yet they are absolutely necessary." Requests uniform buttons. Reports that the "Miss Winslows" have not arrived.
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