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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.01485
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0044] July 1782 
Title Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln regarding a contract for boxes
Date 13 July 1782
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Recipient Lincoln, Benjamin  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document; Business and financial document
Content Description Marked "copy." Writes, "The bearer of this is a Mr. [Burnet] who is connected with some person who contracted in 1779 for [Cartridge] boxes. I do not remember exactly the circumstances, but generally that Mr. Ruddock was directed by the board of War in the first instance to make the contract & that specimens were approved by me."
Subjects Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Military Supplies  Ammunition  Contract  Continental Congress  Congress  Government and Civics  Artisans  Continental Army  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)  Ruddock, John (fl. 1779-1796)  
Place written New Windsor, 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