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- GLC#
- GLC02437.10093-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 15, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to Horatio Gates
- Place Written
- West Point, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 35 cm, Width: 23.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Relates a recent adventure in which he was apparently traveling over a frozen waterway to meet a military board that included Gates. On the way, the ice under his party broke, but through a fortunate turn of events they remained safe. Knox and General [Jedediah] Huntington hope that Gates and the board will excuse their absence. Asks that they may make their decision without having to physically attend the board. In a post script, asks Gates to present his [Knox's] compliments to General [Israel] Putnam.
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