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Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02133 Author/Creator: Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 May 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 22.7 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Washington's secretary, requests Knox to have the [gun] carriages completed in order to be sent with Count Rochambeau to France.

Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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