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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Sebastian Bauman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01170 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Head of Elk, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 September 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

Encloses an account of the cannons and other ordnance Major Bauman is to bring down to the Chesapeake from Baltimore. Coordination with other ordnance vessels will be organized by George Washington and another General [Mordecai] Gist. Also discusses some munitions in Frederick, Maryland and gives additional instructions. The account appears on the back page. The ordnance was for the siege of Yorktown, which began later that month.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

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