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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Winthrop Sargent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05461 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 May 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

Later copy. Writes to enclose Sargent's commission as Adjutant General (not present). Also explains that Congress's act erroneously listed him as a Lieutenant Colonel, but that the error will be corrected to show his rank as Colonel.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

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