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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01613.03 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: August 7, 1794 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 32 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Discusses transferring military supplies and purchasing procedures for ordnance needed for the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Letter written from the War Department. Hodgdon was the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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