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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Edward Carrington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05653 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 15 October 1792 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31.3 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

Forwards a "printed report of the Secretary of the Treasury" (not included) concerning the petition of Catharine Greene, widow of General Nathanael Greene. Writes that "[i]f there is any thing further necessary either in this Office or the Office of the Secretary of State which you may require I will endeavor to forward it to you." In a secretarial hand. Written from the War Department ("W.D.").

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810
Greene, Catharine Littlefield, 1755-1814
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

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