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Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04529 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 March 1790 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the payment of the invalids and asks Knox for help. Asks for a recommendation from Knox to the Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and the President, George Washington, as new paymaster to the invalids. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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