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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Crane

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01011 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 30.7 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Directs the letter to Colonel Crane, in charge of the ordnance and stores forwarded from Boston, Massachusetts to Claverack, New York. Provides instructions for shipping the powder and other stores. Orders that the stores must be sent from Claverack to West Point.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Crane, John, 1744-1805

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