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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Jeremiah Wadsworth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03895 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 15 June 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Headed by Knox as an "Extract of a letter to Colonel Wadsworth." Writes, "I have recruits in Pennsylvania and Jersey nearly ready to march..." Asks how much dependence he can place on the Connecticut warrants as a resource.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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