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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01128 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0032] August 1781 |
| Title | Instructions for Lieutenant Price, Captain Patten, John Ruddock, and Thomas Frothingham |
| Date | 12 August 1781 |
| Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Recipient | Price, William Patten, Thomas Ruddock, John Frothingham, Thomas |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Shaw, aide for Henry Knox, transmits orders for Knox. All orders are issued 12 August. Orders Lieutenant [William] Price, at the New Windsor laboratory, to deliver tin to Captain Bushnell; orders Captain [Thomas] Patten, at New Windsor, to obtain tin for Bushnell through the "tinman"; orders Ruddock, deputy commissary of military stores at Fishkill, and Thomas Frothingham, deputy commissary of military stores at West Point, to obtain gun locks for Bushnell. |
| Subjects | Military Supplies Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery Commerce Merchants and Trade West Point (US Military Academy) Weaponry |
| People | Price, William (d. 1790) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) Ruddock, John (fl. 1779-1796) Frothingham, Thomas (1755-1827) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Dobbs Ferry, 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 |