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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02161 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 |
| Title | Benjamin Lincoln to Henry Knox about arrangements for a trip to Virginia |
| Date | 14 June 1783 |
| Author | Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Secretary of War Lincoln to Major General Knox. Says he will probably go to Virginia on public business in a few days. Says he was so impressed with Captain "Lilly" (Jonathan Lillie, Knox's aide-de-camp) on his trip from West Point, New York to Philadelphia, that he has asked Lilly to join him on the trip south. Notes he would not normally do this without asking for Knox's permission, "but you will, I know, forgive it, as Captn Lilly's happiness is concerned in the measure as well as mine." Informs Knox he wrote to Colonel Stevens about the buildings in Virginia and requested him to take as many brick-makers, masons, and carpenters as he can procure to Richmond, Virginia. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Travel Building Construction Military History Continental Army Artisans |
| People | Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 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 |
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