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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02201 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 |
Title | Henry Knox to Captain Cogswell instructing him to join the brigade on its march to Philadelphia |
Date | 29 June 1783 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Cogswell, Amos |
Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
Content Description | Written, signed, and docketed for General Henry Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Commands Cogswell to join the brigade on its march to Philadelphia. Instructs him to move expeditiously and take the route via Kingwood, Pompton, Morristown, Somerset Court House, Princeton, Trenton, and Bristol. Provides further marching instructions including where to draw provisions. |
Subjects | Continental Army Mutiny Mobs and Riots Rebellion Soldier's Pay Finance Continental Congress Congress Revolutionary War General Military History |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Cogswell, Amos (1752-1826) |
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 |