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Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 [Instructions for paying Knox during his command at West Point]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02893 Author/Creator: Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 30 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 15.6 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Indicates "That Genl Knox be allowed the pay of a Major Genl in a Separate Department during his Command at West Pt. his additional pay Granted by the Resolution of the 12th of Jany 1781 to cease during the Time he Receives the aforegoing Allowance..." This is most likely the enclosure cited by Samuel Shaw in GLC02437.02726.

Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813

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