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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Lieutenant [William] Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01072 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sleepy Hollow, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 July 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Possibly to Lieutenant William Price. Instructs Price that no artillery officer should obtain stores unless by Knox's order. Discusses supplies. Thanks Price for the attention he has given in his work. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Price, William, ?-1790

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