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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Order for Captain Pryor]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01195 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Manuscript letter Date: 27 September 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Orders Pryor to collect and bring ordnance belonging to the state of Virginia to the "point of operation" for the siege of Yorktown. Pryor is to request assistance from the Governor of Virginia Thomas Nelson, Jr. Written in Samuel Shaw's hand and signed for Knox by Shaw.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Pryor, J., fl. 1781
Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789

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