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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.00245
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0012] January-April 1776
Title	Henry Knox to Charles Lee giving information about artillery being sent from New York to Cambridge
Date	25 January 1776
Author	Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Recipient	Lee, Charles
Document Type	Correspondence; Military document
Content Description	Gives General Lee additional specifics on the artillery ordered from New York City and being sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts, which George Washington has already written Lee about. He sent a list of items sent by the Second Provincial Congress or Committee of Safety in New York (not included). Explains plans for their transport. Notes that even though Knox has retrieved artillery pieces from Fort Ticonderoga, the pieces from New York are badly needed. Knox also discusses his efforts to obtain artillery from New York City in GLC02437.00212, GLC02437.00220, and GLC02437.00222.
Subjects	Military History Fort Ticonderoga Revolutionary War Artillery Siege of Boston Transportation President Continental Army
People	Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Lee, Charles (1758-1815) Washington, George (1732-1799)
Place written	Cambridge, 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
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 Alexander McDougall requesting that munitions be sent to Cambridge, Massachusetts Letter from Henry Knox to George Washington discussing the transport of captured British artillery from Fort Ticonderoga
Transcript	Show/hide Download PDF [draft] Cambridge Jany 25 1776 Sir His Excellency General Washington informs me that he has written to you in general terms respecting a quantity of shot & shells that were order'd from New York some time since, also desires me to write more particularly - I do myself the honor to inclose a List of those articles which were to have been forwarded to Camp by the provincial Congress or Committee who sit during the recess of Congress - why they have not the reasons [done] it are unknown to me - The stores are at Turtle Bay, the Cannon at Kings Bridge, excepting the 2 brass six pounders which belong to the City, and were promis'd as a loan - If they could be put on board some small vessel & sent thru the East river to New London or Norwich the expense of carting would be very much diminis'd - Atho I brought 11 very fine field peices from Ticonderoga yet without the additional ones from New York we shall be deficient in field artillery, - the shells & c are much wanted - the General has desird me to send an officer of artillery accordingly I have order'd Capt Badlam an officer of merit considering his experience to join you immediately I have the honor to be with the greatest respect Sir Your Most Obdt Huble Servt Henry Knox Colo of the regiment of artillery

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