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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [Ebenezer] Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01066 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sleepy Hollow, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 July 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Directed to Colonel Stevens, possibly Ebenezer Stevens. Discusses military matters, complaining of "incessant applications." Mentions George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Discusses the transport of supplies, ordering Stevens to land his artillery and stores at Peekskill as soon as possible. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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