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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Captain Cogswell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02201 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 29 June 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Written, signed, and docketed for General Henry Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Commands Cogswell to join the brigade on its march to Philadelphia. Instructs him to move expeditiously and take the route via Kingwood, Pompton, Morristown, Somerset Court House, Princeton, Trenton, and Bristol. Provides further marching instructions including where to draw provisions.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Cogswell, Amos, 1752-1826

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