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Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04431 Author/Creator: Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: circa December 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 16.4 cm Order a Copy

Signed in text as "Genl. Hazen." Discusses difficulties in reaching a final settlement for his military affairs and gives detailed information related to his struggle to reach a settlement. Mentions others involved, including [William] Duer and General [Jedediah] Huntington. Declares, "Is there an Executor in this nation or any one that represents it in the recess of the Legislater. If not what have we been fiting [sic] for these seven years." Related to GLC02437.04430; date and location inferred from content and from a note written on the document at a later date.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hazen, Moses, 1733-1803
Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818
Duer, William, 1747-1799

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