Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Ordnance taken at York and Gloucester]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01316 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 19-26 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy
List of ordnance, arms and military stores "taken in the Enemies posts of" York and Gloucester. This "summary return" likely dates between October 19 and October 26, 1781. On the 26th, Washington drafted a letter to Congress (the final is addressed October 27) enclosing a number of final returns (which he had just received) of material captured at Yorktown, including one for arms, ordnance and military supplies. This summary appears to include estimates of captured arms and ordnance based on early assessments, before detailed inventories had been made. As such, it probably dates to within a few days at most of the surrender.
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