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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Price

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02908 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 January 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.5 cm, Width: 20.9 cm Order a Copy

Orders Captain Price, commissary of military stores, to deliver supplies such as steel, wine, tin, flannel, leather, and blubber oil to Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Price, William, ?-1790
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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