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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Mr. Jones will apply to Mr. Frothingham and receive five hundred Arms & bayonets].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01190 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 25 September 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Order a Copy

Instructions indicating that a Mr. [Thomas] Jones will collect ordnance and transport it to Williamsburg, Virginia. Closes by saying "This order will be executed instantly." The arms were for a Virginia regiment commanded by Major General Baron Steuben. The Continental Army was then preparing for the siege of Yorktown.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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