Heath, William, 1737-1814 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02096 Author/Creator: Heath, William, 1737-1814 Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 16 April 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 34 x 21 cm. Order a Copy
Written by General Heath to General Knox. Reports that General Washington ordered the officers of each state in the army under his immediate command to meet to give their decision on the Congressional resolution of 23 March (this offered five years pay as commutation instead of half-pay pensions for life). Says that the Massachusetts line is meeting at the public building at New Windsor next Friday and wants Knox and the other Massachusetts officers at West Point to be there. Asks that he collect their sentiments and pass them along by the time of the meeing if they cannot make it.
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