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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.09361
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0048] November 1782
Title	George Washington to Henry Knox suggesting a building task for a regiment
Date	8 November 1782
Author	Washington, George (1732-1799)
Recipient	Knox, Henry
Document Type	Correspondence; Military document
Content Description	Suggests the Fourth Connecticut Regiment be used to lay wood for a hospital being built. Written at "Head Quarters." Washington's signature clipped.
Subjects	President Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History West Point (US Military Academy) Building Construction Hospital Continental Army
People	Washington, George (1732-1799) Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Place written	Newburgh, New York
Theme	The American Revolution; The Presidency; Health & Medicine
Sub-collection	The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information	Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Download PDF [draft] Head Quarters Novr. 8th 1782 Sir As the 4th Connect. Regt., under the expectation of being soon drafted into the other Regts, is not now employed in hutting, or on any other public duties; it is my wish, that [text loss] this Corps may be occupied in cutting & laying in wood for the Hospital on the east side of the River.- The importance of this business is so great, & so obvious, that I scarcely need express the earnestness of my desire, [that] the Troops aforementioned may be effectually employed in it, untill the Arrangement finally takes place, or untill they shall become essentially necessary for other purposes. I am, Sir Your Most Obedt Servt. [signature purloined] Maj. Gen. Knox. [docket] From His Exy Gen Washington. 8 Nov 1782 [inserted in a different hand: From Gen. Washington 1782- Signature purloined. No 52-]

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