Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01689 Author/Creator: Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 October 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy
Written from "Head Quarters." Writes, "I send you a packet for the officer commanding at Dobb's Ferry which His Excellency wishes may be forwarded on without loss of time - You have likewise the general order of yesterday requesting the return of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Lines. Be good eno' to let Genl. [Jedediah] Huntington know that they are in your hands - he will want them immediately."
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