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Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01890 Author/Creator: Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 4, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 17.4 cm Order a Copy

Relays a message that "His Excellency," most likely General George Washington, really needs to have Knox's estimates of his department. Noted as written at Head Quarters.

Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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