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Wengierski, Thomas Cajetan, 1755-1787 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02673 Author/Creator: Wengierski, Thomas Cajetan, 1755-1787 Place Written: Poughkeepsie, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Knox (for showing him West Point). Asks Knox for a copy of the map of West Point for a journal he is writing.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wengierski, Thomas Cajetan, 1755-1787
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Military History
Continental Army
Revolutionary War General
West Point (US Military Academy)
Global History and US Foreign Policy
Geography and Natural History
Creating a New Government

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