Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to James Bowdoin
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03315 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: 22 October 1786 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 31.6 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy
Writes that he will receive by this post the act of Congress authorizing an additional 700 troops in the Ohio frontier, where the troops there are suffering attacks from local Indians. Reports that Congress has called for the states to pay into the treasury by June of the following year, but that they need money more quickly than that if they want to support the troops already in service and augment the force as well. Hopes that the wealthier men in Boston will agree to help support the government and that they can work out a measure in which they will be "confident of security, and a speedy reimbursement."
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