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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Stores requested for the Southern expedition].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01161 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document Date: 31 August 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

List of supplies requested from the Board of War and Ordnance for the siege of Yorktown. Accompanied letter (GLC02437.01160). The Board of War and Ordnance was responsible for supplying troops in the field. In Samuel Shaw's hand and signed by him for Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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