BIB_ID
136752
Accession number
MA 2422
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799, sender.
Display Date
New Windsor, New York, 1779 July 12.
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Gift of Mrs. Howard C. Smith, 1965.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 29.8 x 18 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Brigadier General Knox / of Artillery / Pluckimin[?] / G. Washington."
Docketed in ink on verso "From His Excellency Genr. Washington dated 12 July 1779."
Docketed in ink on verso "From His Excellency Genr. Washington dated 12 July 1779."
Summary
Urging Knox to send all available arms to Army and to apply to Board of War for a further supply; notes men without arms are a burden rather than a benefit.
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