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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Andrew Moodie

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01108 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Sleepy Hollow, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 August 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 19.2 x 15.1 cm. Order a Copy

Replies to a letter from Captain Moodie (GLC02437.01107): "I am much pain'd at the disagreeable state of things at Fort Herkimer and sincerely wish it was in my power to remedy these." Refers to an order for thread and paper (possibly used in musket cartridges) requested by Moodie. Adds that Mr. [Brewster] will inform him "of the recruits so long expected from Capt. Mathias." Written at Phillipsburg (present-day Sleepy Hollow, New York).

Moodie, Andrew, ?-1787
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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