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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Burbeck

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00254 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Newton, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 25, 1776 Pagination: 1p. : docket : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 16.8 cm Order a Copy

Asks Colonel Burbeck to procure horses and carts, and move some artillery pieces from Prospect Hill in Somerville, Massachusetts, after assessing the road in the daytime. Notes that he would have done this himself if his wife, Lucy Knox, was not currently ill.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Burbeck, William, 1716-1785
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

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