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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01623 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0046] September 17822 |
| Title | David Humphreys to Henry Knox about meetings and dispatches from Congress |
| Date | 22 September 1782 |
| Author | Humphreys, David (1752-1818) |
| Recipient | Knox, Henry |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Colonel Humphreys, aide-de-camp to General Washington, to Major General Knox. Says the meetings of the commissioners will take place on next Wednesday. Says he has not seen dispatches from Congress, but that Colonel Tilghman informed him that they were of such a nature that both Knox and General Heath need to immediately master their contents. Says Colonel Smith has accepted the office of commissary and has gone to Elizabethtown. Smith will try to meet with Knox on Wednesday in Tappan. Written from Nelson's Ferry. Two Revolutionary War battles took place at Nelson's Ferry, South Carolina in 1780 and 1781, but it does not appear that Humphreys went any further south than Virginia in 1782-1783. No state could be ascertained for place written. "On public service" written on address leaf with no signature. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army President Prisoner of War Global History and Civics Continental Congress Congress |
| Place written | Nelson's Ferry |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Creating a New Government; Government & Politics; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |