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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 For Brigr. Genl. Knox in account with Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00930 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Newburgh, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 31 March 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 33.4 cm Order a Copy

Contains account information from 1780 and 1781. Hodgdon signs as Deputy Commissary of Military Stores. Contains a note written by Peter Anspach, Paymaster to the Quartermaster General's Department. Anspach writes from Newburgh, New York, 15 May 1781 attesting that Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide, made a payment on behalf of Knox. Docket notes that Hodgdon's account is settled, the balance paid to Colonel Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General.

Anspach, Peter, fl. 1776-1783
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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