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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01096 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0031] July 1781 |
Title | Instructions from Henry Knox to William Price and Thomas Patten |
Date | 28 July 1781 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Price, William Patten, Thomas |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Consists of two separate letters. In the first, Knox gives instructions to Price regarding fuzes and wooden bottoms (for artillery). In the second letter, written the same day and presumably at Dobbs Ferry, Knox gives instructions to Captain [Thomas] Patten regarding cannon. Promises to supply Patten with rum. Knox signs the first, not the second letter. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery Alcohol Military Provisions |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Price, William (d. 1790) Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785) |
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 |
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