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Field name | Value |
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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 |
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