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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01263 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0034] October 1781 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Samuel Hodgdon about sending ordnance for the siege of Yorktown |
| Date | 26 October 1781 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Hodgdon, Samuel Board of War |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Responds to Hodgdon's letter about sending ordnance from Baltimore for the siege of Yorktown (see GLC02437.01249) and hopes news of Lord Cornwallis' surrender reached him before the ships set sail. Asks that the shell and shot be sent to Head of Elk, Maryland instead. Hodgdon was the commissary general of military stores appointed by the Board of War & Ordnance. |
| Subjects | Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Continental Army Military History Artillery Ammunition Battle Surrender Global History and Civics Transportation |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis (1738-1805) |
| Place written | Yorktown, Virginia |
| 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 Samuel Hodgdon to Henry Knox reporting on the progress of the forwarding of ordnance |
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