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Hand, Edward, 1744-1802 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01255 Author/Creator: Hand, Edward, 1744-1802 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

Communicates General George Washington's order that 100 swords confiscated from enemy forces at the surrender of Yorktown be sent to the regiment of Marquis Laval. Hand was an adjutant general under Washington.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hand, Edward, 1744-1802
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805

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