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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01875 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0052] 16-31 January 1783 |
Title | Timothy Pickering to Henry Knox rejecting a request for a team of oxen to carry out certain work |
Date | 31 January 1783 |
Author | Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Written by Quartermaster General Colonel Pickering to Major General Knox. References Knox's letter of 29 January, which was about collecting wood for firewood and bomb proofs at West Point. Says it appears to be impracticable. Knox said that 48 yoke of oxen would be needed for 50 snow days to move the wood. Claims there will not be 50 days of snow left this winter. Goes on to describe other logistical problems, including lack of money and forage for the oxen. Suggests that if he hired masons and soldiers to work in June and forage on the spot, the job could be done for half the cost. "Public service" written on address leaf with no signature. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army West Point (US Military Academy) Transportation Military Camp Military Supplies |
Place written | Newburgh, 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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