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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00848 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Bergen County, New Jersey Type: Manuscript letter Date: 30 October 1780 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Later copy. Discusses an exchange of prisoners, of which General Lincoln is one. Writes about a battle in Charlotte, North Carolina in some detail and mentions various other campaigns in the South. Written in Camp Bergen County.

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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