United States. Congress [Proclamation to dissolve the army]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02676 Author/Creator: United States. Congress Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 18 October 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34.2 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy
Signed secretarially for Elias Boudinot and Charles Thomson. Congress's resolution to dissolve Continental Army. This resolve was originally enclosed with a letter from George Washington to Henry Knox dated 23 October 1783, GLC02437.09394. Penned in the hand of Benjamin Walker, General Washington's aide.
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