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Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01033 Author/Creator: Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 11 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.7 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

General Cornell, on the Board of War and Ordnance, encloses a list of articles ordered to New Windsor, New York (list not included). Reports that George Washington informed the Board in a letter that none of the heavy stores are to be sent from Philadelphia until further notice. Awaits further direction as to when the heavy stores should be sent. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.

Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
United States. Continental Congress. Board of War and Ordnance

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