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Stevens, John, 1749-1838 [Receipt for monies received from Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04203 Author/Creator: Stevens, John, 1749-1838 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 May 1789 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 15.6 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Notes that John Stevens received from Henry Knox the sum of one hundred dollars "in part of rent of my fathers House in the Broad Way."

Stevens, John, 1749-1838
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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