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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Copy of a receipt related to pay warrants]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03840 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 16 April 1788 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Knox, Secretary of War, notes receipt of ten warrants from John Pierce drawn by the Board of Treasury "in favor of Michael Hillegas." Intends to forward the warrants to Jeremiah Wadsworth and to issue warrants for the payment of troops.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Pierce, John, ?-1788
Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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