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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Richard Frothingham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01010 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 July 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 30.8 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Knox writes to Frothingham, Field Commissary of Military Stores. Provides a list of ordnance, ordering that it should be transported to Peekskill, New York.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819

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