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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Moylan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01789 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 January 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 33.5 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to John Moylan, the Clothier General, that the "troops in this department are reduced to one regiment of Infantry of 500 rank and file, and one corps of artillery." Has enclosed a return of the articles necessary to clothe the men for the year. Asks him to procure these items and send them to West Point, to Colonel H. [likely Henry] Jackson for the infantry and to Major [Sebastian] Bauman for the artillery. Also discusses the structure and size of the departments; may be referring to the commissary department.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Moylan, John, 1745-1799
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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