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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Instructions for various generals]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09974 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 15 August 1776 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.8 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Copy of part of Washington's general orders for 15 August 1776. Lists instructions for several generals, mostly concerning parade orders in New York and New Jersey. Includes orders for General [John] Fellows, General [William] Heath, General [John Morin] Scott, General Wadsworth, General [Joseph] Spencer, Lord Stirling [William Alexander], and General Heard. Docketed "Alarm posts."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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