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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Orders to Lt. John Pratt]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09055.01 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 16 April 1788 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Orders Lt. John Pratt to return to Connecticut to fill state's quota of recruits, and to deliver the letter below to Gov. Huntington. "You will be careful to recruit men of the best characters for the honesty and sobriety...well formed in his body and limbs - perfectly sound in his organs and health and sufficiently robust to bear the fatigues of the military life...Neither Negroes Molatoes or Indians are to be recruited." Authorizes a half a month's pay to each new recruit as well as shelter and fuel. Once 20 men were enlisted, they were to be sent on to West Point to be outfitted.

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