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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.025 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 27 September 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Notes his receipt of the returns for ordnance and military stores for August 1791. Directs Captain Bryant to send 100 suits of clothing to Chauncy Whittlesey in Middletown, Connecticut, who will, in turn, forward them to New York. Written from the War Department.

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

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