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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Queries to Lincoln, and answers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01942 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: February 21, 1783 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 33.6 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

Signed at the conclusion by Benjamin Lincoln. Pages divided into two columns. The left column contains sixteen issues about which Knox would like further direction and information from General Benjamin Lincoln. Some of these include questions and concerns about artillery, ordnance, artillery men, and their pay. The right column has Lincoln's reply concerning the respective issues. The entire document is written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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