Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Mordecai Gist
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01179 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Pooles Island, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 September 1781 Pagination: 3 p. + docket Order a Copy
Informs General Gist that he is sending an artificer officer named Mr. Thorp to him in Baltimore to obtain supplies. The items are urgently needed, and Knox has already been disappointed in obtaining them from Philadelphia. He hopes Major Sebastian Bauman has "proceeded in his matters." Knox was preparing for the siege of Yorktown.
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