Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01723 Author/Creator: Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803 Place Written: Pompton, New Jersey Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 22 November 1782 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 20.8 cm, Width: 16.8 cm Order a Copy
Written by Brigadier General Hazen to Major General Knox. Reports that Washington ordered him to send a return to Knox at West Point for ammunition, & etc. Asks to have it forwarded to Stony Point. Says "It was not in my Power to procure for you, amongst the German Prisoners, the Servants you wanted." Second page includes a copy of a note from Hazen, in the hand of Samuel Shaw, reading "to 29 rounds per man - 1404 dozen Cartridges / 150 priming wires."
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