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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Supply of clothing for Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00309 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: May 1776 Pagination: 2p. 29.9 cm. x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Lists supplies for clothing and costs, including buttons and "scarlet cloth," and in some cases who the material was sent to. Directed to Jonathon Pollard, the quartermaster for Knox's artillery regiment. A memo written on page three by Samuel Shaw indicates when Pollard gave Knox receipts for supplies on May 21st and 23rd, 1776.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pollard, Jonathan, fl. 1776-1786

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