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McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10515 Author/Creator: McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: February 8, 1783 Pagination: 3 p : docket ; Height: 41.3 cm, Width: 27.2 cm Order a Copy

Contemporary copy. Report of the Committee of the Army at Philadelphia. Discusses issues of commutation of half pay in the army and mentions how various states voted on this matter.

McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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