Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 20 August 1779

George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox

West Point, August 20, 1779. Instructs Knox to prepare a sufficient number of cannon ball and to write Board of War for powder.

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    George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 20 August 1779
    Author
    Washington, George
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    Knox, Henry
    Date
    20 August 1779

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    “George Washington to Brigadier General Henry Knox, 20 August 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0400. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 133.]

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