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Brigadier General Knox's account of Clothing

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00513 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 5 January 1777 - 11 July 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 34.6 cm, Width: 23.2 cm Order a Copy

Contains accounts for amount of money Knox spent on various items of clothing from 1777-1779. Items include fabric, shoes, coats, shirts, etc. Many of the items listed are for other officers under Knox's command. Annotations made as late as 1783, in the hand of Knox's aide Samuel Shaw, appear throughout.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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