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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10653 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0007] June-December 1773 |
| Title | Appointment of Henry Knox |
| Date | 13 June 1773 |
| Author | Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by John Cotton as deputy secretary of the province. Thomas Hutchinson's signature is noted as being a copy. Partially printed document with additional information written in by hand. Appoints Henry Knox to be Lieutenant of the Grenadier Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Verso includes an attestation that Knox took the required oaths. A portion of the document has been clipped causing text loss. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery |
| People | Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 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 |