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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00220 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0011] 1775 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Alexander McDougall requesting that munitions be sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Date | 17 December 1775 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | McDougall, Alexander |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
| Content Description | Docket is written in Knox's hand. Asks Colonel McDougall to use his influence to have the listed shells sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts, immediately. In a post script, asks that McDougall inform George Washington if he cannot obtain the listed items. When Knox was in New York City a month earlier (en route to Ticonderoga to retrieve ordnance for American forces in Massachusetts), McDougall had promised to assist him in obtaining artillery by exerting influence on a committee representing the Second Provincial Congress (see GLC02437.00212). Written from Fort George in Lake George, New York. |
| Subjects | Military History Artillery Fort Ticonderoga Revolutionary War Siege of Boston President Continental Army Ammunition |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) McDougall, Alexander (1732-1786) |
| Place written | Lake George, 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 |
| Related documents | Copy of a Letter from Henry Knox to George Washington regarding the provision of artillery and the capture of Montreal Letter from Henry Knox to George Washington discussing the transport of captured British artillery from Fort Ticonderoga Letter from Henry Knox to Charles Lee giving information about artillery being sent from New York to Cambridge |
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