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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Ebenezer Stevens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01313 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 23 cm Order a Copy

Advises Stevens that instead of landing the artillery "at King's Ferry, they must be taken back to West Point, provided it can be done without any risque." This note is a postscript removed from a letter. Date added later in pencil.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

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