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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Anthony Wayne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05536 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 July 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Writes about two horses being returned, "one for you and all camp and another for a servant." Asks him to look into the matter. States that the cavalry horses must be used for the purposes "for which they are designed."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

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