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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 A return of arms and accoutrements at New Windsor, Fishkill and West Point, made from an actual survey.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00935 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 7 April 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.9 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Return listing muskets, bayonets, and arms with nota bene: "I have written to Albany at which place is an armory to know in what time the above can be repaired."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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