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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Pierce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01854 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: January 24, 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 31.7 cm Order a Copy

Written and signed for Knox by his aide Samuel Shaw.
States a payment of $141 74/91 to the United States government.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pierce, John, ?-1788

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