Gordon, William, 1728-1807 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03115 Author/Creator: Gordon, William, 1728-1807 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 March 1785 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 29.6 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Contains a note at the top of the page from Reverend Gordon, a Revolutionary War historian. The bottom half of the page contains a detailed discussion of the process of making charcoal from walnut wood to be used in the manufacture of gun powder. Written in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, formerly part of Roxbury, Massachusetts
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