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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joseph Young

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02860 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 December 1783 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the sick patients that have to stay in Albany, New York for the winter. Also writes about provisioning the sick. Writes that Young "must know the state of the patients better than any other man, and a confidence in your candor induces me to leave the disposition entirely to you." Says the hospital is closed at West Point but that they still have twenty patients that will be need to be supported through the winter. Encloses (not included) Morris's notes of sixty dollars and an order (not included) for provisions for the patients until they are discharged.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Young, Joseph, 1733-1814

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