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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01204 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

Reports that Colonel Robert Harrison will wait for the Board to send a supply of musket ammunition for the Southern Army commanded by General Nathanael Greene. Explains that the frequent activity has depleted stores and the free navigation of the Chesapeake Bay provides an opportunity for delivery. Asks that stores from Williamsburg, Virginia also be forwarded. Reports that they invested Yorktown on 28 September 1781 and that General Cornwallis' evacuated his outer works the following day. The Continental Army hopes to open its batteries in three days.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Board of War & Ordnance
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Harrison, Robert Hanson, 1745-1790

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