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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02047 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 31 March 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.1 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox of orders given to Captain Hawes and that the "articles for the ordnance department shall be forwarded as soon as possible." Noted as written at the War Office.
GLC02437.02046 was enclosed with this letter.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Hawes, fl. 1783

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