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Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831 [Henry Knox in account with Captain Jotham Drury]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00297 Author/Creator: Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 13 May 1776 Pagination: 1p. : docket ; Height: 19 cm, Width: 31.7 cm Order a Copy

Records cash received from Major John Crane in February and March 1776 and mentions the purchase of clothing. Paper has a large watermark with crown and coat of arms. Drury was a captain in Knox's artillery regiment.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831
Crane, John, 1744-1805

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