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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01413 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 May 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the importance of establishing laboratories for artillery stores in the field. Comments on the work being performed by officers and enlisted men, as well as the pay scale they receive.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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