Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01726 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 30 November 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.6 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy
Signature is clipped, but docket confirms General Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary at War, as the author. Written from "War Office." Writes, "I have been honored with your letter of the 18 ultimo, informing the appointments which have been made in the field commissary's department - it was received but a few days since."
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