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Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01534 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 August 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.9 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the transportation of supplies from a building at Fishkill being taken down. Writes to inform Pickering that he asked "the officer commanding the fatigue party to see that the lumber was put under the care of a sentry," in case Pickering needed to issue further instructions.

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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