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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [List of cannons and shells]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08382 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: 17 December 1775 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 15.7 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Notes that twelve 4-pound and two 6-pound cannon and 5-10 tons of each size of various shot and shell were ordered on 27 November 1775. Several hundred more shells were ordered on 17 December.

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