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Pierce, John, ?-1788 [Account information pertaining to General Henry Knox and the United States]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10115 Author/Creator: Pierce, John, ?-1788 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1 July 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 33.2 cm, Width: 22.7 cm Order a Copy

Account information is written by Samuel Shaw. Includes regimental expenses from December 1775 - February 1779. Pierce, Paymaster General, attests that Knox "produced vouchers... for the within sum of forty five thousand seven hundred forty five dollars received by him from the United States..." Signed by Pierce 1 July 1783.

Pierce, John, ?-1788
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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