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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02725 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 23.3 cm, Width: 18.4 cm Order a Copy

States that Mr. Denniston has applied to him for boards but that he is unable to purchase any. Plans on pulling down buildings at Wappings [Wappingers] Creek to use for board. Teams will haul the wood to the Point [West Point]. Mentions in the postscript that there are five travelling forges at Newburgh that he is reluctant to sell because they are "particularly related to the artillery."

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

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