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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02860 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0070] December 1783 |
| Title | Henry Knox to Joseph Young about sick patients in Albany and provisions |
| Date | 25 December 1783 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Recipient | Young, Joseph |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses the sick patients that have to stay in Albany, New York for the winter. Also writes about provisioning the sick. Writes that Young "must know the state of the patients better than any other man, and a confidence in your candor induces me to leave the disposition entirely to you." Says the hospital is closed at West Point but that they still have twenty patients that will be need to be supported through the winter. Encloses (not included) Morris's notes of sixty dollars and an order (not included) for provisions for the patients until they are discharged. |
| Subjects | Military History Continental Army Revolutionary War General Military Provisions Health and Medical Hospital West Point (US Military Academy) Finance |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Young, Joseph (1733-1814) |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Additional Information | Young served as both a surgeon and later as the Hospital Physician and Surgeon in the Continental Army. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |