Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Report regarding Lieutenant Wells as the new commander at New Windsor, New York]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02681 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 18 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 17.8 cm Order a Copy
Reports that a Lieutenant Wells, "commanding the detachment at Newburgh, will return to this post with his party, excepting a Corporal and Six men, who he will order to New Windsor to take charge of the public wood at that place." Retained copy prepared for Knox's files, copied out and signed for him by his aide-de-camp John Lillie.
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