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Mifflin, Benjamin, fl. 1784-1795 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06354 Author/Creator: Mifflin, Benjamin, fl. 1784-1795 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 14, 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 32.4 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses financial matters relating to the salaries of clerks in the War Department.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Mifflin, Benjamin, fl. 1784-1795

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