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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01184 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0033] September 1781 |
Title | Sebastian Bauman to Henry Knox concerning a supply of planks |
Date | 12 September 1781 |
Author | Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Reports that they have enough planks, but there has been an objection by Major Bauman and Mr. Thorp to the plans of General Mordecai Gist and the French generals to cut the planks and transport them with the troops. The planks were part of the supplies needed for the siege of Yorktown. |
Subjects | Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Military Supplies France Global History and Civics |
People | Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Gist, Mordecai (1742-1792) |
Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
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 |