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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02913 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 20.4 x 16.3 cm. Order a Copy

Pickering, Quartermaster General, transmits a certified copy of a receipt related to Captain [Coggeshall's] and a delivery of cannon to Colonel Cobb. In a post script, asks about medicines to be sent to New York for sale. Asks if Doctor [John] Cochran is in office (at West Point).

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Cochran, John, 1730-1807

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