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Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01663 Author/Creator: Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 October 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 15.9 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he would like Knox to inform him whom he should consult "for Provisions & Hospitals Stores after the 15th as I have received no Official Direction on the Subject." Explains that Mr. Sands "has ordered his issuers to continue their duty," and that Mr. Wadsworth will furnish him with everything he needs.

Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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