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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Jotham Drury

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02179 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 23 June 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21 cm, Width: 17.2 cm Order a Copy

Written and signed for Henry Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Discusses a problem with Drury's account, in which the Paymaster, Charles Knowles, states that he overpaid Drury. In order to verify the state of the account, Knox asks Drury to provide vouchers for all of his balances and transactions.

Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knowles, Charles, ?-1796

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