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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Timothy Pickering

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10049 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 October 1782 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 35.4 x 23.3 cm. Order a Copy

Knox possibly writes from West Point to Pickering, Quartermaster General. Mostly illegible, but Knox appears to be discussing construction of artillery barracks on Constitution Island.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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