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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [William] Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03011 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 June 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Knox writes to Captain Price, apparently William Price, Deputy Commissary of Ordnance and Military Stores at West Point. Orders Price to make monthly returns and to issue only what the commanding officer, the War Office, or Congress orders.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Price, William, ?-1790

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