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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.01542
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0045] August 1782 
Title Copy of a letter from Robert Morris to Benjamin Lincoln concerning funds for replacing shells
Date 27 August 1782
Author Morris, Robert (1734-1806)  
Recipient Lincoln, Benjamin  
Document Type Correspondence; Military document
Content Description Marked "copy." Written from the "Office of Finance." Addressee inferred because letter is addressed to "Secretary at War," a post occupied in 1782 by Benjamin Lincoln. Writes, "I have received your letter of the nineteenth of August, and would have answered it more speedily could I have answered it satisfactorily. I must now inform you that I cannot undertake to pay the sums you mention for the purchase of shells without diverting money from services which are indispensable. Many such services are now suffering." Written in the hand of William Jackson, Lincoln's assistant. Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Military History  Finance  Continental Army  Ammunition  Artillery  
People Morris, Robert (1734-1806)  Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)  
Theme The American Revolution; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Additional Information Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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