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Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01181 Author/Creator: Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 September 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

Response to Knox's letter (GLC02437.01179). Reports that Mr. Thorp has arrived and describes the ordnance he will receive. Also comments on how Major Sebastian Bauman is responding to Knox's recent directives (see GLC02437.01178). The Continental Army was preparing for the upcoming siege of Yorktown.

Gist, Mordecai, 1742-1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

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