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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02704 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Informs Knox that due to poor weather, he had to break up several teams of men who were transporting wood to New Windsor and that he increased their pay as compensation.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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