Shipment of American Cloth to the Washingtons
Item
Type
Letter Signed
Title
Shipment of American Cloth to the Washingtons
Description
Knox informs Washington that the requested cloth was shipped by stage today. Knox identifies the cloth as 13.5 yards of 3/4 wide bottle green cloth of the Hartford manufacture. Knox also notes the price of the cloth is reasonable and the route of shipment will proceed via Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Alexandria.
year created
1789
month created
02
day created
19
author
recipient
note
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notable person/group
Henry Knox
George Washington
Mrs. Washington
notable location
Hartford
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Alexandria
notable item/thing
requested cloth
waistcoat
riding dress
Hartford manufacture
price of cloth
route of shipment
document number
1789021900000
Item sets
Document instances
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Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
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| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | George Washington | [unknown] | [n/a] |