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Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01282 Author/Creator: Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 November 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

Jonathan Trumbull Jr. communicates a request from George Washington asking Knox to send a copy of the information Washington is to incorporate into a letter to Governor of Virginia Thomas Nelson. Washington also wants a list of the cannons Knox proposed be sold to reimburse William Ross. Possibly concerns indemnification for impressed supplies needed for the siege of Yorktown. Washington recently wrote a letter to the Governor of Maryland under similar circumstances (see GLC02437.01273). Trumbull was Washington's military secretary. Knox's reply appears in GLC02437.01286.

Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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