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Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 1
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U.S. History
From Colonel Knox.
Fort George, 17 December, 1775.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,
I returned from Ticonderoga to this place on the 15th instant, and brought with me the cannon, &c.; it having taken nearly the time I conjectured it would to transport them here. It is not easy to conceive the difficulties we have had in getting them over the Lake, owing to the advanced season of the year, and contrary winds; three days ago it was very uncertain whether we could have gotten them over until next spring; but now, please God, they shall go. I have made forty-two exceedingly strong sleds, and have provided eighty yoke of oxen, to drag them as far as Springfield, where I shall get fresh cattle to carry them to camp.
The route will be from here to Kinderhook, from thence into Great Barrington, in Massachusetts Bay, and down to Springfield. There will scarcely be any possibility of conveying them hence to Albany or Kinderhook, but on sleds, the road being very much gullied. At present the sledding is tolerable to Saratoga, about twenty-six miles; beyond that, there is none. I have sent for the sleds and teams to come up, and expect to begin to move them to Saratoga on Wednesday or Thursday next; trusting that between this and that period we shall have a fine fall of snow, which will enable us to proceed further and make the carriage easy. If that should be the case, I hope in sixteen or seventeen days to be able to present to your Excellency a noble train of artillery, the inventory of which I have inclosed. I have been particular with respect to their dimensions, that no mistake may be made in making their carriages, as there are none here, or implements of any kind. I also send a list of those stores, which I desired Colonel McDougall to send from New York. I did not then know of any thirteen-inch mortars, which was the reason of my ordering but few shells of that size; but I now write to him for five hundred one-inch, two hundred five-and-seven-tenths inches, and four hundred seven-and-one-half inches. If these sizes could be had there, as I believe they can, I should imagine it would save time and expense, rather than have them cast. If you should think otherwise, or have made provisions for them elsewhere, you will please to countermand this order.
There is no other news here of Colonel Arnold, than that, from Colonel McLean’s having burnt the houses round Quebec, Colonel Arnold was obliged to go to Point-aux-Trembles, about six miles from the city, and that General Montgomery had gone to join him with a considerable body of men, and a good train of artillery, mortars, &c.
There are some timid, and some malevolent spirits, who make this matter much worse; but from the different accounts which I have been able to collect, I have very little doubt that General Montgomery has Quebec now in his possession. I am, with the utmost respect, your Excellency’s
Most obedient, humble servant,
HENRY KNOX.
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Chicago: Henry Knox, "From Colonel Knox.," Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 1 in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. Jared Sparks (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1853), 94–95. Original Sources, accessed January 21, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8NIMPGXM5U1F4QC.
MLA: Knox, Henry. "From Colonel Knox." Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 1, in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, edited by Jared Sparks, Vol. 1, Freeport, NY, Books for Libraries Press, 1853, pp. 94–95. Original Sources. 21 Jan. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8NIMPGXM5U1F4QC.
Harvard: Knox, H, 'From Colonel Knox.' in Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, Vol. 1. cited in 1853, Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency, ed. , Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, NY, pp.94–95. Original Sources, retrieved 21 January 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8NIMPGXM5U1F4QC.
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