Letter signed by Henry Knox as Secretary of War, to General Edward Hand

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Sale 403: Americana with Manuscript Material; Travel & Exploration; Maps; Photographs (#403) 05/14/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #40Letter signed by Henry Knox as Secretary of War, to General Edward Hand

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Sale 403: Americana with Manuscript Material; Travel & Exploration; Maps; Photographs (#403) 05/14/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Title:

Letter signed by Henry Knox as Secretary of War, to General Edward Hand

Author:

Knox, Henry

Place Published:

[Philadelphia]

Date Published:

May 25, 1792

Description:

24 lines, in ink, on p.1 of 4-page lettersheet 12¾x8.

The U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox (1750-1806) writes to retired general Edward Hand in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, "I am happy to learn of you that we may depend on Lancaster for eleven hundred and thirty Rifles including the whole that have been already furnished, by the first of July next... I pray you to have them well packed up, so as not to be injured by the transportation, and transported to Pittsburg... It is from that place the Rifles will be distributed..." This is doubtless related to the campaigns of "Mad Anthony" Wayne against Indians in western Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Condition:

A touch of soiling, slightly creased at top margin; very good or better.

Item#:

202647

Headline:

Letter from Sec. of War Henry Knox 1792
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