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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to George Fleming

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02021 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 March 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.6 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Discusses orders for Captain Fleming for posts at Verplanck's Point and Kings Ferry. Wishes Fleming to replace Captain Fenno, take stock of all of the ordnance and stores, and take their posts a half hour before daylight. States that "[a]lthough you are not exactly the commanding officer yet as you are in the advanced post of great importance to the public ... "

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Fleming, George, 1748-1822
Fenno, Ephraim, fl. 1776-1784

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