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Knowles, Charles, ?-1796 Honble Brig Genl Henry Knox... his account of cash with [Charles] Knowles

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10477 Author/Creator: Knowles, Charles, ?-1796 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 8 March 1780 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 41.5 cm, Width: 33.6 cm Order a Copy

Includes account information from March 1777-November 1778. Lists payments made and received, most via Samuel Shaw, who has extensively annotated the account. Includes amounts paid for recruiting, purchase of "the horse Paoli" for General Knox, and for a pair of "horse canteens belonging to the [entity?] of Gen. Wash[ington]."

Knowles, Charles, ?-1796
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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