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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.09355 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0029] May 1781 |
Title | George Washington to Henry Knox discussing supplies and a possible evacuation of New York |
Date | 28 May 1781 |
Author | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
Recipient | Knox, Henry |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Discusses the possible evacuation of New York and various issues regarding supplies. Requests an estimate of articles needed for Knox's department and asks Knox to attend to supplies needed by General Clinton and Captain Moodie. "I have only to request that you will be pleased to make all the necessary Estimates of Articles wanted in your Department, and also put the whole business for the Operation (so far as is within your reach) in the best train of execution, which our embarrassed circumstances will possibly admit." Washington's signature clipped out. Docketed by Henry Knox. |
Subjects | President Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Military Supplies Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Continental Army |
People | Washington, George (1732-1799) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Place written | New Windsor, New York |
Theme | The American Revolution; The Presidency |
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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