ALS (11), 1791 April 1-Sept. 1, to Samuel Hodgdon (8), William Knox (2) and Captain Pratt (1), War Department.

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ALS (11), 1791 April 1-Sept. 1, to Samuel Hodgdon (8), William Knox (2) and Captain Pratt (1), War Department.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23723991

Summary: The eleven letters written by Henry Knox, as Secretary of War, deal with the preparations for a major conflict with the Indians which took place under General St. Clair's direct command. The object of the expedition was to establish a strong, permanent garrison of the Miami Village in Ohio. Samuel hodgon was the Quartermaster of the U.S. Army, William Knox was his brother & Captain Pratt was involved with recruting.

18 p., 20.2 x 32.5 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7118305

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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Pennsylvanian; quartermaster of the U.S. Army, Mar. 4, 1791 - Apr. 19, 1792. From the description of Orders : 1791 Sept. 15-21. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 37868498 Army officer. From the description of Papers of Samuel Hodgdon, 1794-1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456308 ...

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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American revolutionary officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Thomas Jefferson, 1793 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596665 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to General Henry Jackson, 1796 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270596669 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Westpoint, to Colonel Pickering, Quartermaster General, 1782 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598200 ...

Knox, William, 1732-1810

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William Knox began life in Ulster as the precocious child of a strongly evangelical Anglican family, and throughout a long career spent in service to the crown, he girded himself with his faith and a dogged allegiance to imperial authority. As the quintessential Anglo-Irish power seeker, Knox always remained something of a political outsider, even while enjoying a positions of great prestige and influence in colonial circles. Never afraid of controversy, quick to publish, and not in...