Palmer, George, 1719-1809 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00225 Author/Creator: Palmer, George, 1719-1809 Place Written: Stillwater, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 December 1775 Pagination: 1p.+addr. 31 cm. x 19.4 cm. Order a Copy
Responds to Knox's cancellation of an arrangement for Captain Palmer to obtain sleds and pack animals to transport artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reports that the patriotic people Palmer contracted with are insulted by the cancellation and cryptically comments that Knox's "Penetration will Easily Discern the Consequences that will follow Disappointing Such A Number of People So Resolutely Determined." General Philip Schuyler ordered Knox to cancel the arrangements (see GLC02437.00224).
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