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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.03665 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0081] July-September 1787 |
Title | Clement Biddle to Henry Knox about map making |
Date | 16 September 1787 |
Author | Biddle, Clement (1740-1814) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document; Government document |
Content Description | Informs Knox that Major Reading Howell is making a map of Pennsylvania from a number of actual surveys. Notes that during the War a number of surveys were made by the Geographer of the Army and his deputies of different parts of the state and copies were sent to the War Office. Asks Knox to give Howell access to the War Office surveys and maps. See GLC02437.03663 for related document. |
Subjects | Surveying Geography and Natural History Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Letter of Introduction or Recommendation |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Biddle, Clement (1740-1814) |
Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Theme | Government & Politics; The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Additional Information | Howell was an explorer, surveyor, and cartographer. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
Related documents | Charles Pettit to Henry Knox about a map of Pennsylvania |