Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Ruddock
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01081 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sleepy Hollow, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 25 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy
Written by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Initialized for Knox by Shaw. Contains two notes, the first informs Ruddock that Freeman Lincoln brought eight teams and military stores from Providence, Rhode Island. In the second note, Knox instructs Ruddock, deputy commissary of military stores at Fishkill, to inspect the stores, which have been sent to Philipsburgh by mistake. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).
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