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Pierce, John, ?-1788 [Draft for payment in account with Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10201 Author/Creator: Pierce, John, ?-1788 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: January 17, 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 27.8 cm, Width: 42.2 cm Order a Copy

Same as previous (GLC02437.16.163). Draft in account with General Knox "[f]or his pay for the year 1783..." at the amount of $2,472. Includes a breakdown of the amount, consisting of actual salary per month, clothing account, and as "head of the Ordnance, while he receives the allowance as Major General in a Separate Department, during his Commd at West Point..." Noted as a "true copy." Watermarked.

Pierce, John, ?-1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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