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Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810 [Receipt for Ordnance for the siege of Yorktown].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01201 Author/Creator: Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810 Place Written: Yorktown, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 September 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Colonel Carrington, on behalf of QMG Colonel Thomas Pickering, acknowledges the receipt of four horses from General Henry Knox which were furnished by Governor of Maryland Thomas S. Lee. The Continental Army began invading Yorktown on 28 September 1781. Signed in duplicate.

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
Lee, Thomas Sim, 1745-1819

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