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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Timothy Pickering

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02877 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 December 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.6 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Knox informs Pickering, Quartermaster General, that the contract for obtaining provisions for West Point has expired without definite renewal. Knox therefore ordered a large amount of provisions on the account of the United States. Instructs Pickering to assist William Bell, the issuing commissary at West Point, in transporting the provisions and other duties.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Bell, William, fl. 1783-1796

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