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Washington, George, 1732-1799 to Timothy Pickering

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09308 Author/Creator: Washington, George, 1732-1799 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 2 November 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32 cm, Width: 20.1 cm Order a Copy

Washington instructs Pickering, Quartermaster General, to extract 150 lbs. from the "British Military Chest" to pay General Henry Knox for use in his artillery department. Docket, in the hand of William Knox, indicates this order is a copy. A clerical note states that the amount was received in full from Pickering. Clerically written, and docketed as a copy. Verso contains several mathematical equations, possibly related to accounts.

Trumbull, Jonathan, Jr., 1740-1809
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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