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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to George Washington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00994 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 June 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 27.6 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Mentions doubts George Washington expressed in a previous letter regarding the upcoming campaign (initially the campaign was to be against the British in New York, but Washington revised these plans to launch the Siege of Yorktown). Discusses arrangements [Knox] made with General [Ezekiel] Cornell, a Continental Congressman, to obtain supplies.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800

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