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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Ruddock and John Crane

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01503 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 July 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Top of the document features a list of items needed to repair or supply military stores, such as paper for cartridges. Below that is a short note to Colonel John Crane, asking that he provide or procure the above articles for Captain Thomas Seward. Underneath that is a letter to John Ruddock, Commissary at Fishkill, asking him to provide Seward with a variety of supplies, including musket balls and powder papers. Also asks Ruddock to prepare a return of all the stores in the northern department. See GLC02437.01502 for a related letter.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796
Crane, John, 1744-1805
Seward, Thomas, 1740-1800

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