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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Sebastian Bauman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01037 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 July 1781 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; 23 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Knox writes to Major Bauman at West Point. Instructs Bauman to send one company of artillery from West Point to Dobbs Ferry, New York. Adds that the cannon must be put on board vessels and sent as soon as possible. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (near present-day Tarrytown).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bauman, Sebastian, 1739-1803

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