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Bankson, Jacob, fl. 1786 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10208 Author/Creator: Bankson, Jacob, fl. 1786 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 November 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 39.2 cm, Width: 24.1 cm Order a Copy

Reports to Knox about the state of a case concerning Captain James Lee "formerly of the Artillery [who] has made application to the...Court in Consequence of an Injury he received in the Service of his Country..." Mentions General Varnum and a Colonel [Thaire ?] as witnesses to prove that Lee had a furlough and a doctor's certificate. Address leaf marked with a postage stamp "25 NO" and has a reddish stain where the letter was sealed. Watermarked with hunting horn in a crest and "J. De Busscher." "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Bankson, Jacob, fl. 1786
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789
Lee, James, fl. 1786

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