Peters, Richard, fl. 1732-1828 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01209 Author/Creator: Peters, Richard, fl. 1732-1828 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 October 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy
Responds to Knox's request for armaments with assurances that the Board of War & Ordnance is working expeditiously to fulfill his request. Explains recent activities of Samuel Hodgdon, the commissary general of military stores appointed by the Board. Knox needed the ordnance for the siege of Yorktown. Peters was the Secretary of the Board of War & Ordnance.
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