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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01658 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0047] October 1782 |
Title | Henry Knox to Tench Tilghman about prisoners of war |
Date | 10 October 1782 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Additional authors | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
Recipient | Tilghman, Tench |
Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
Content Description | Written to Colonel Tilghman as an aide-de-camp to General Washington. Says seven prisoners of war who have been confined at West Point have petitioned him for relief. They were taken in the Northern Department and sent to West Point from Albany a year before. Lists their names and the circumstances of their capture. Says that they have families and that most of them have connections in Canada. If they cannot be released, they would like to go to Albany where they might get assistance from their acquaintances. Says "their confinement is rather more rigorous than usually falls to the lot of prisoners of war captured under common circumstances." Says there are also 2 Germans who were sent to him 3 or 4 weeks ago "when you sent some tories and a letter for Governor Clinton." Says they were captured by militia when they attempted to depart for Pennsylvania and that the simply wish to go home. Written and signed for Knox in the secretarial hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. See GLC02437.01656 for the petition. |
Subjects | Prisoner of War Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Petition Global History and Civics Canada Clothing and Accessories Loyalist Military Supplies Children and Family West Point (US Military Academy) Hessians Militia |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Tilghman, Tench (1744-1786) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
Place written | West Point, New York |
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 | Petition of prisoners of war |
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