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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Cajetan Wengierski

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02692 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.3 cm, Width: 21.1 cm Order a Copy

Replies to Wengierski's request for a map of West Point. States that he is unable to provide the map for security reasons, especially since the war with Britain had just ended. See GLC02437.02673 for Wengierski's request.

Wengierski, Thomas Cajetan, 1755-1787
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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