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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Doughty

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03041 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Dorchester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 August 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Doughty's treatment of a specific store of powder. Notes that Doughty should care for the arsenal under his watch to the best of his ability until further instructions are received from Congress. Reports that Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, "will not probably deliver the upper posts this summer..." Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Doughty, John, 1754-1826
Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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