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George Washington to Henry Knox suggesting that soldiers' wives and children be provisioned by the army, 8 March 1783
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George Washington to Henry Knox suggesting that soldiers' wives and children be provisioned by the army, 8 March 1783.
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Collection: The Henry Knox Papers.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
The wives and children of soldiers in the New York Artillery regiment who are living in camp are to be provisioned by the army, in order to make sure they do not leave and take their soldier husbands with them. This provision only applies to women who are already in camp, and not new arrivals. The number of Women and Children in the New York Regiments of Infantry before the new System of Issues took place obliged me, either to depart from that System and allow them provision or by driving them from the Army risk the loss of a number of Men, who very probably would have followed. Written at Head Quarters. Washington's signature clipped.
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American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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