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Morton, Dimond, 1743-1792 A Compleat Account of Money Re'd. of Cor'l. Henry Knox and Monney Paid Away To Officer and Men

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00281 Author/Creator: Morton, Dimond, 1743-1792 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 15 February 1776 - 27 April 1776 Pagination: 1p.+docket. 36.6 cm. x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Lists money received on four dates by Colonel Knox, Colonel William Burbeck, and Major John Crane, and consequently distributed to officers and soldiers in Knox's artillery regiment. Morton was a captain in Knox's artillery regiment. Docketed by Knox.

Morton, Dimond, 1743-1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Burbeck, William, 1716-1785
Crane, John, 1744-1805

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