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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01179 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0033] September 1781 |
Title | Henry Knox to Mordecai Gist requesting urgently needed military supplies |
Date | 10 September 1781 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Gist, Mordecai |
Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
Content Description | Informs General Gist that he is sending an artificer officer named Mr. Thorp to him in Baltimore to obtain supplies. The items are urgently needed, and Knox has already been disappointed in obtaining them from Philadelphia. He hopes Major Sebastian Bauman has "proceeded in his matters." Knox was preparing for the siege of Yorktown. |
Subjects | Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery Military Supplies |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Gist, Mordecai (1742-1792) Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) |
Place written | Pooles Island, Maryland |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
Related documents | Letter from Mordecai Gist to Henry Knox on the provision of military supplies Letter from Henry Knox to Sebastian Bauman about supplies needed for the upcoming siege of Yorktown Letter from Henry Knox to Lieutenant Thorp instructing him to pick up supplies from Mordecai Gist |
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