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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04287.02 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: 9 March 1793 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 32.2 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Knox writes to Quartermaster Hodgdon, stating "You will have cleaned One Thousand muskets and bayonets, not of the Charlotville manufacture, and have them packed in chests proper for transportation- Also twenty five barrels of musket powder, and a proportion of lead, and one thousand powder horns- I suppose an estimate must be made for the lead..." Instructs Hodgdon to ship the items to Georgia for the formation of a magazine. Written from the War Department.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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