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Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00262 Author/Creator: Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 28 March 1776 Pagination: 1 p. ; 12.5 cm. x 18.3 cm. Order a Copy

Instructs Knox to withhold four pounds from the pay of a matross in his regiment named Henry Irvington. The money had previously been advanced to Irvington. Putnam was one of the original major generals appointed by the Continental Congress.

Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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