Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01592 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 September 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 22.5 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Marked "private." Writes that Congress has recently repeated its "solution respecting the additional allowance to the commanding officer at west point." Does not think there is any chance Congress will help them. Suggests Knox talk to his "good friend General [Ezekiel] Cornell" and either apply to Congress directly or through Lincoln. Promises he will "speak to your friends on the subject - though I am convinced that this is not the proper moment to make the application."
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