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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Estimate of stores necessary for Fort Pitt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10485 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 19 April 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 37.6 cm, Width: 30.4 cm Order a Copy

Title from docket. Full title: "Stores necessary to be sent to Fort Pitt supposing [most?] of the same species now there will be expended in an intended expedition." Lists shells, case shot, cylinders, knives, and other items. Verso indicates this document (or a copy) was to be sent to General George Washington. First page in Knox's hand; second page in the hand of his aide Samuel Shaw, who also signs for Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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