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[Army expenses]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08399 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: March 1777 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 11.3 cm, Width: 22.2 cm Order a Copy

General Henry Knox's army expenses. $66,937 was brought forward. Includes a $600 and $400 payment for recruiting. Also notes "To cash recd. of Govr. Trumbull of Connect[icu]t. agreeable to a Dra[f]t. on him by His Excellency General Washington for the recruiting - and ordnance service Feb. 26 1777 20,000." The total expense was $87,937.

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