Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 General Knox in account with United States
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02386 Author/Creator: Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 14 August 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.1 cm, Width: 34.5 cm Order a Copy
Lists Knox's transactions with the government for various periods, from June 1780 to November 1781. Includes expenses for Knox and his aide-de-camp in journeys from camp at Springfield, New Jersey to Pennsylvania, 20-25 June 1780, journey from Head Quarters to the four New England states, 7 January to 3 February 1781, among others. Also includes "extra expenses, in collecting cannon and stores in Maryland for the siege of Yorktown." Written in the hand of Samuel Shaw. Signed with a note by Joseph Peirce stating "The above is the duplicate of an account settled this day the balance of which is charged to Genl Knox's pay."
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