- GLC#
- GLC02437.00251-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 1776
- Author/Creator
- Gridley, Richard, 1711-1796
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket : address Height: 21 cm, Width: 16 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
At the request of General Horatio Gates, Gridley asks Knox to inform General Israel Putnam of the need for repairs on a bridge at Lechmere Point, Massachusetts. Gridley was the army's chief engineer, he was succeeded by Knox in 1775 but retained the title.
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