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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00228 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0011] 1775 |
| Title | Walter Livingston to Henry Knox about how to transport artillery |
| Date | 13 December 1775 |
| Author | Livingston, Walter (1740-1797) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Recommends distributing the horses over more sleighs in order to transport the artillery. Knox was then on a mission to bring British artillery pieces captured from the British earlier that year at Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Livingston was then serving on the commissary of stores and provisions for the department of New York. |
| Subjects | Military History Transportation Fort Ticonderoga Revolutionary War Artillery Siege of Boston Continental Army |
| People | Livingston, Walter (1740-1797) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| 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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