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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00852 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Bergen County, New Jersey Type: Manuscript letter Date: 9 November 1780 Pagination: 2 p. ; 23 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Later copy. Discusses the exchange of prisoners and that it is still in progess and also mentions the petition of the New England officers for better wages and other benefits. Informs General Lincoln of Cornwallis' movements in the South, mainly through Georgia and South Carolina.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

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