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Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01015 Author/Creator: Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: 3 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.7 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy

Cornell writes on behalf of the Board of War. Informs Knox of the status of several supply orders, including spirits, paper, and linseed oil. Notes that [Samuel] Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores, "has a fair prospect of being furnished with some money..." Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide, "From the Board of War 3d July 1781."

Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800
United States. Continental Congress. Board of War and Ordnance
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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