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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Thomas Vose

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02788 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 18 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.1 x 27.2 cm. Order a Copy

Request to supervise "the arrangement of the Cannon & Stores from the outposts agreeably to the directions which you have received from this day.. - You will request of the Fort Major the number of men which shall be necessary for your purposes, taking care that a proportion of them be Artillery men." Retained "copy" prepared for Knox's files, copied out in the hand of aide-de-camp John Lillie, and signed for Knox by him. Also bears Lillie's docket on verso.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Vose, Thomas, 1753-1810
Lillie, John, 1755-1801

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