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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Hugh Hughes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01576 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 September 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Colonel Hugh Hughes, Deputy Quartermaster General of New York State to ask for his help in moving the powder from Fishkill to Constitution Island. Asks him to help arrange a water transport and teams to move the powder. Also asks him to provide a cooper for Mr. [John] Ruddock.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hughes, Hugh, 1727-1802
Ruddock, John, fl. 1779-1796

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