Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to George Washington

GLC02437.00994

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
29 June 1781
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to George Washington
Place Written
New Windsor, New York
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 27.6 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

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.

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