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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.01910
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0053] 1-13 February 1783 
Title Horatio Gates to Henry Knox regarding a dinner for American generals
Date 10 February 1783
Author Gates, Horatio (cb. 1727-1806)  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Informs Knox that he expects Knox and General Huntington for dinner as they will be in the area for a Board of General Officers meeting. States the he "will try to get you as good a Dinner as I can, but you must not expect the delicacies with which you abound at West-Point..." Noted as written at Ellisons.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Continental Army  Diet and Nutrition  Military Camp  
People Gates, Horatio (cb. 1727-1806)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
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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