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Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00255 Author/Creator: Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 Place Written: Roxbury, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 February 1776 Pagination: 2p.+addr.+docket. 19.3 cm. x 15.8 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Knox that Samuel Hodgdon seeks his determination in regard to a commission for military uniforms. In a post script, asks if he may obtain clothes for his company immediately. In 1776, Hodgdon was a lieutenant in the Marines, and he later became the commissary general of military stores. Stevens had recently been appointed a captain in Knox's regiment of artillery.

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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