Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Expenses for recruiting]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08413 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: circa 1789-1795 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy
Written in Knox's hand. List of expenses for the recruiting service. Goods and services include clothing, transportation, bounties, rations, medicine and pay to recruiters. Tens of thousands of dollars was allocated and spent. Page 4 has a reference to the "Indian department." Line items for the "Creek" and Cherokee" add up to $8,000 and a line item for "Indians N West Ohio" is $10,000.
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