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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.02655
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0067] 11-20 October 1783 
Title Thomas Patten to Henry Knox, asking him to discharge the prisoner William Smith
Date 14 October 1783
Author Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Military document; Correspondence
Content Description Asks Knox to discharge William Smith as he had been a prisoner from 6 July 1777 until the past July.
Subjects Prisoner of War  Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Continental Army  Military History  Prisoner  
People Patten, Thomas (fl. 1777-1785)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Smith, William (fl. 1777-1783)  
Place written West Point, New York
Theme Law; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859