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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01398 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: 29 April 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.8 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Lists several items needed by the artificers at Burlington [New Jersey], including one ton of iron, the dimensions of which to be given by Captain [Thomas] Patten to Mr. [Samuel] Hodgdon, "iron to cover the ammunition waggons and tumbrills," and "8 blacksmiths with their tools, to be hired for one month to go to Burlington."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805

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