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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01614 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0046] September 17822 |
Title | Timothy Pickering to Henry Knox about horse requisition |
Date | 16 September 1782 |
Author | Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Military document |
Content Description | Written from Camp Verplank's Point, present-day Verplanck, New York. Thinks "it will be practicable to support the number of horses you mention as requisite for the duty at West Point. At present the number of horses actually there is twenty two, some of them clearly not necessary at the post." Asks Knox to remove the unnecessary horses from the post. Also discusses the difficulty in procuring forage in the area of West Point, especially for the coming winter, and has made arrangements to obtain some. "Public service" written on address leaf. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Revolutionary War General Transportation West Point (US Military Academy) Military Supplies Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
People | Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Place written | Verplanck, 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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