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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Ordnance and Stores requested from the Board of War & Ordnance.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01162 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 31 August 1781 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Lists supplies and their quantities requested on several days in August 1781. The supplies were needed for the upcoming siege of Yorktown. In Samuel Shaw's hand.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Board of War & Ordnance

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