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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.01942
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0054] 14-28 February 1783 
Title Answers from Benjamin Lincoln to Henry Knox's questions
Date 21 February 1783
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Additional authors Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810); Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Signed at the conclusion by Benjamin Lincoln. Pages divided into two columns. The left column contains sixteen issues about which Knox would like further direction and information from General Benjamin Lincoln. Some of these include questions and concerns about artillery, ordnance, artillery men, and their pay. The right column has Lincoln's reply concerning the respective issues. The entire document is written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Continental Army  Artillery  Ammunition  Soldier's Pay  Finance  
People Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)  
Place written West Point, New York
Theme The American Revolution; Industry; Government & Politics
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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