Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Richard Platt
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02531 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 March 1781 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.5 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses the preliminary drawings of an artillery building at West Point which will include an ordnance store and a crane projecting from the building's pediment. Knox requests another building to serve as a laboratory.
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