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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Winthrop Sargent

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04890 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter Date: 24 March 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Informs Sargent that Major General St. Clair has left Philadelphia for Fort Pitt. McClure will inform Sargent "fully of the arrangements for the campaign and probably request that you would assist him." Notes the operations suggested will likely lead to peace but if not "they must be made so."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
McClure, David, 1748-1820

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