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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Ebenezer Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01164 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 September 1781 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

Instructs on facilitating movement on the Washington-Rochambeau route southward toward Yorktown. Stevens is to head toward Christiana Bridge with Colonel John Lamb's regiment, and then on to Head of Elk. Stevens was commanding officer of an artillery regiment in the Continental Army.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

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