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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Return of Cannon Sent to the Head of Elk, subject to the orders of Robert Morris Esq.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01281 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 2 November 1781 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy

Lists quantities of supplies being sent to Head of Elk, Maryland. Clerical copy written by Samuel Shaw from a Park of Artillery. A note at the bottom from Colonel Edward Carrington, written in Samuel Shaw's hand, on 3 November 1781 indicates that he received from Knox one spirit level and one brass quadrant for the Southern Army's use. The siege of Yorktown had recently ended. In Samuel Shaw's hand, and signed by him for Knox.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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