Lamb, John, 1735-1800 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01194 Author/Creator: Lamb, John, 1735-1800 Place Written: Trebell's Landing, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 September 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. + docket Order a Copy
Colonel Lamb asserts that Trebell's Landing is the best place to disembark the ordnance for the siege of Yorktown and requests men for the task. Reports that the return of stores Knox requested is impossible because Colonel Stevens (possibly Ebenezer Stevens, who was Colonel in Lamb's regiment) did not make an account of the stores on the vessels. Informs Knox that Captain Duncan has arrived with howitzers and carriages.
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