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Consists of two separate letters. In the first, Knox gives instructions to Price regarding fuzes and wooden bottoms (for artillery). In the second letter, written the same day and presumably at Dobbs Ferry, Knox gives instructions to Captain [Thomas] Patten regarding cannon. Promises to supply Patten with rum. Knox signs the first, not the second letter.
Refers to work undertaken by Patten after Knox's departure from New Windsor, New York. Hopes to be able to give a report to George Washington, Commander in Chief, as soon as possible. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).
Gives Captain Patten orders regarding his company of artillery artificers, mortar beds, the artillery park, garrison carriages, and other details. Instructs that the artillery park should join the army. Post script, docket, and Knox's copied signature are written by Samuel Shaw.
Shaw, aide for Henry Knox, transmits orders for Knox. All orders are issued 12 August. Orders Lieutenant [William] Price, at the New Windsor laboratory, to deliver tin to Captain Bushnell; orders Captain [Thomas] Patten, at New Windsor, to obtain tin for Bushnell through the tinman; orders Ruddock, deputy commissary of military stores at Fishkill, and Thomas Frothingham, deputy commissary of military stores at West Point, to obtain gun locks for Bushnell.
Possibly to Lieutenant William Price. Instructs Price that no artillery officer should obtain stores unless by Knox's order. Discusses supplies. Thanks Price for the attention he has given in his work. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (present-day Sleepy Hollow).
Knox gives orders to Lieutenant Price regarding stores that are to arrive from Pennsylvania (Price was in charge of the laboratory at West Point). You will please to have every thing in the Laboratory prepared with the utmost dispatch...
Captain Patten reports that he took silver away from a man making [cups?] for Knox because the man could not finish, and made such bad work. Mentions the numbers of mortar carriages, wagons, and other large artillery and transports pieces at his location (possibly New Windsor, New York). Admits that the work he has been assigned may take up to seven weeks to complete. Complains that he has received only four days rum since the artillery park left his location. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.
Possibly to Lieutenant William Price. Asks Price to send a return of the articles he has obtained from the Quartermaster General. Reports that he has ordered laboratory stores from Philadelphia, and they are to be sent to Price at New Windsor. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide. Written at Philipsburgh, New York (near present-day Tarrytown).
Lieutenant Price reports on items he has repaired and made since Knox's last letter. Discusses harnesses, mortars, and other items. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.
Encloses a return of stores he has received from various captains. Discusses stores such as cartridges, harnesses, howitzers, and quick match, among others. Docketed by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.