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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lieutenant Throop

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01065 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sleepy Hollow, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 16.9 cm Order a Copy

Directed to Lieutenant Throop, possibly Josiah Throop. Asks Throop to bring carriages to Dobbs Ferry if he has not yet loaded them onto boats. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Throop, Josiah, -1795

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