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Monthly Return of the Corps of Artillery.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10495 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 1 October 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 40.1 cm Order a Copy

Chart enumerating various types of ordnance held by several regiments, including Colonel John Lamb's 2nd Artillery. The ordnance was needed for the siege of Yorktown, which began that month. Henry Knox's copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lamb, John, 1735-1800

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