Swift, Heman, 1733-1814 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01031 Author/Creator: Swift, Heman, 1733-1814 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 July 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 19.4 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy
Colonel Swift informs Knox that his 2nd Connecticut Brigade "are destitute of a conductor of military stores and are much imbarrased [sic] for want of one..." Suggests Sergeant Amos Kellogg for the position. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (near present-day Tarrytown).
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