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- GLC#
- GLC02437.09362-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 8 November 1782
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Newburgh, New York
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Enclosing a note regarding a case that he wishes Knox to deal with. "You will be pleased to take up the matter in question, have a fair investigation made into the Merits of it, and cause justice to be done to the Individual concerned, as well as the Public." A endorsement in the hand of Samuel Shaw at the bottom of the page reads "Answered, and the papers returned to the man who brought them." Written at "Head Quarters." Washington's signature clipped.
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