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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01049 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, reports that Captain Tredwell lost five horses and has applied for their replacement. Declares, "It will be utterly impossible to supply such frequent losses. I mention the matter to you, that if you think proper it may be inquired into."

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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