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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01639 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0047] October 1782 |
| Title | Lewis Nicola to unknown about house building |
| Date | 3 October 1782 |
| Author | Nicola, Lewis (1717-1807) |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Writes, "I am informed the work at the house I am to occupy at the Point cannot proceed for want of boards, & as I am anxious to be where my duty calls me, I am under the necessity of requesting your application to Genl. [Henry] Knox to know whether I can be permitted to pull down some of the empty barracks here & have them removed to West Point for the house I am to inhabit there, this I am willing to do without putting the publick to any trouble or expense, except halling them from the beach at the Point to the house; if this is agreeable to the Genl I beg his order, as, during Col. [possibly Hugh] Hugh's absence, no one here can permit it. I should have paid my respects to the General this week had I not been very ill with fever & ague, this should be my bad day, but as the fit is not come on I hope it has left me." |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Military History Continental Army Immigration and Migration West Point (US Military Academy) Building Construction Military Supplies Health and Medical Military Camp |
| People | Nicola, Lewis (1717-1807) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Place written | Fishkill, New York |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Permission for Lewis Nicola to move lumber from Fishkill to West Point |