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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01541 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 August 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14.1 cm, Width: 16.9 cm Order a Copy

Asks that he deliver the damaged shells at West Point to Mr. Daniel Carthy, Quarter Master at West Point.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Carthy, Daniel, fl. 1780-1782

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