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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01173 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 September 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Sends a sheet listing ordnance sent for the southern operation, referring to the upcoming siege of Yorktown. Colonel John Lamb will deliver the enclosed spirit levels. Explains some of the munitions information. Samuel Hodgdon was the commissary general of military stores. Account of Ordance stores accompanied the letter (GLC02437.01172).

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lamb, John, 1735-1800

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