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Signature to letter : "War department" [Philadelphia], to Melancton Smith, Esq., 1791 Dec. 9.

BIB_ID
122629
Accession number
MA 489.6
Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.
Display Date
1791 Dec. 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 31.8 cm
Notes
Endorsed on verso.
This item is part of a collection of letters and documents concerning the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwallis; see main record for MA 488-489 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from New York dealer Joseph F. Sabin, 1907.
Summary
Asking for his assistance in providing "provisions and a passage to New Brunswick" for troops being moved to the frontier.