Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Asa Copeland

GLC02437.01099

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GLC#
GLC02437.01099-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
29 July 1781
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Asa Copeland
Place Written
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Orders Copeland, conductor of military stores, to procure 1500 muskets, 3 tons of lead, and all of the pistols at New Windsor. Gives further instructions pertaining to arms, ordering Copeland to transfer stores to Philadelphia. Apparently written at Phillipsburg (present-day Sleepy Hollow, New York).

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