Instructions from Henry Knox to William Price and Thomas Patten - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
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
Transcript	Show/hide [Excerpt:] There are few that I shall want to have burn for more than 20 seconds the whole length. I would generally have you make them to burn about 15 - You know the importance of their burning equal lengths in equal times...This is a critical matter & I wish it to be perfectly accurate...