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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to William Davis, Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03281 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 18 July 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Secretarially written and signed. Docket identifies it as a copy. Writes that he received Davis's request for certificates from the Commissioner of Army Accounts specifying the amounts due to John Childs and Samuel Chase. Encloses the certificates in the specified amounts, and asks that he send back receipts from Childs and Chase promptly.

Davis, William, fl. 1785
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Chase, Samuel, 1741-1811
Childs, John, fl. 1786

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