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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02621 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: 16 August 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Knox, Secretary of War, instructs Quartermaster General Hodgdon to send food, including chocolate, port wine, sherry, and coffee, to the hospital department in Pittsburgh.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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