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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to James Hunter

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01193 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Williamsburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 September 1781 Pagination: 2 p. + docket Order a Copy

In regard to an order of iron, Knox asks Hunter to send as much iron as he has produced to James River, along with other items of ordnance. The supplies were needed urgently. The Continental Army was then preparing for the siege of Yorktown.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hunter, James, fl. 1781

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