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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.007 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 18 March 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Mentions the transfer of munitions from the Salisbury furnace to the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, and his expectation that the operation is complete. Asks Captain Bryant to be "very exact" in his accounting (in both weight and number) of the shot and shells received. Also asks Bryant to send him the returns. Written from the War Office.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bryant, John, 1742-1816

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