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Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01077 Author/Creator: Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 24 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 14.4 cm, Width: 22.2 cm Order a Copy

Discusses a traveling forge with Knox, noting that he suggested the forge remain in the care of the commanding officer of artillery at Verplanck's Point. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.

Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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