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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to [Thomas] Patten

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01071 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sleepy Hollow, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 July 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Refers to work undertaken by Patten after Knox's departure from New Windsor, New York. Hopes to be able to give a report to George Washington, Commander in Chief, as soon as possible. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1738-1805

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