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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09693 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 17 March 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 16.8 cm, Width: 20.6 cm Order a Copy

Knox requests ordnance supplies for West Point from Lincoln, Secretary at War. Requests fifty pounds of twine and thirty gallons of "spirits of wine of the best quality." Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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