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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01483 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0044] July 1782 |
Title | Henry Knox to John Lamb regarding the movements of his troops and other war news |
Date | 11 July 1782 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Additional authors | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
Recipient | Lamb, John |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Written by and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw. Says he would have thought Washington would have ordered Lamb's unit to march by now. Says he just heard from Washington that he will not be giving any orders until he returns from Philadelphia. Washington was leaving for that city this morning to meet with Rochambeau. Assumes Lamb will not be ordered to move until the end of this month or the beginning of the next. Wants his troops to stay employed on the wagons and tumbrils, as the Secretary of War has informed him there are no funds for those items. Reports that "Lt. Fink of your regiment has been guilty of such unbecoming practices, that it has been necessary for Captn. Moore to arrest him, for repeated drunkenness and abusing some persons at West Point. The proofs are so direct, that there is no doubt but that he would on trial be broke with infamy." As a result there was an effort to get Fink to resign, which was done with Washington's approval. Moore was put in charge of the regimental and public accounts. |
Subjects | France Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery President Global History and Civics Transportation Finance Military Law West Point (US Military Academy) Alcohol |
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 |
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