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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Timothy Pickering

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03015 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 June 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Encloses a list of "officers who now retire upon the reduction of the corps here..." (not included). Asks Pickering, Quartermaster General, to arrange for the officers' transportation.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

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