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Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04166 Author/Creator: Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 April 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Written from the Treasury Office. Transmits with the letter (not included) "the account which you was so obliging to leave with me." Reports that he has settled the charge against Knox from when he was Major General and closed the account.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841

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