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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02946 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 February 1784 Pagination: 2 p. ; 23.6 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Knox writes to Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores. Discusses cannon that are to be engraved and presented to General [Nathanael] Greene by resolve of Congress. Orders that two British cannon at Philadelphia should be engraved with the enclosed inscription (not included).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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