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Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02649 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18.3 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Request for Knox to deliver "for the use of the Indian tribes, five hundred pounds of powder - one thousand pound, of lead and one thousand flints - " Noted as written at the War Office.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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