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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01485 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 July 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Marked "copy." Writes, "The bearer of this is a Mr. [Burnet] who is connected with some person who contracted in 1779 for [Cartridge] boxes. I do not remember exactly the circumstances, but generally that Mr. Ruddock was directed by the board of War in the first instance to make the contract & that specimens were approved by me."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

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