Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01910 Author/Creator: Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 February 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 21.1 x 17.4 cm. Order a Copy
Informs Knox that he expects Knox and General Huntington for dinner as they will be in the area for a Board of General Officers meeting. States the he "will try to get you as good a Dinner as I can, but you must not expect the delicacies with which you abound at West-Point..." Noted as written at Ellisons.
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