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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Edward Grant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02921 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 22.6 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Knox writes to Grant, "I have received your favor of the 4th instant, and accordingly we shall rely entirely upon you that the garrison [at West Point] are not out of provisions." Notes that Daniel Parker & Co., a firm that provided the troops with supplies, is too far away to be relied upon. Relates that the issuing commissary at West Point will have to issue a large quantity of rations to the Canadian refugees.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Grant, Edward, fl. 1783-1789
Bliss, J., fl. 1784

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