Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 [Receipt for Knox's donation to the Society of the Cincinnati]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02313 Author/Creator: Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 22 July 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 14.6 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Written in a secretarial hand and signed by Colonel Jackson in his capacity as the Treasurer of the Massachusetts branch of the Society of the Cincinnati. This receipt acknowledges that Knox gave one month's pay to be used for the establishment of a fund agreeable to the Society.
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