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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.02170
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 
Title Rufus Putnam to Henry Knox about reductions in army manpower and settling the Ohio valley
Date 18 June 1783
Author Putnam, Rufus (1738-1824)  
Recipient Knox, Henry  
Document Type Military document; Correspondence
Content Description Discusses the reduction of the army and the issue of opening up the Ohio valley to settlers.
Subjects Frontiers and Exploration  Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Continental Army  Land Transaction  Immigration and Migration  Westward Expansion  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Putnam, Rufus (1738-1824)  
Place written Massachusetts
Theme Creating a New Government; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859