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Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00217 Author/Creator: Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 December 1775 Pagination: 1p.+ addr. +docket. 22.6 cm. x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Requests Knox's presence at headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts on behalf of George Washington. The letter was addressed to Worcester, Massachusetts, but at the time, Knox was at Fort George, in Lake George, New York.

Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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