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Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841 Henry Knox Esq. Secretary of War in account current with the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10257 Author/Creator: Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 12 November 1792 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 37.4 cm, Width: 22.8 cm Order a Copy

Lists amounts "[t]o a Warrant in [Knox's] favor .." by date. Also includes amounts due to the Indian Department, the War Office, and others. Total balance amounts to $15,517.46 ½ "due from Genl. Knox for which he is accountable and for which he must be charged on the books of the Treasury." Noted by Nourse: "I do certify that the Foregoing Acct. is a True Copy the original of which is Filed on Record in this office." Written in the Registers Office in the Treasury Department. Watermarked "Taylor" and "G R" under a crest.

Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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