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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Caleb Swan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10242 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: 2 December 1791 Pagination: 7 p. : Height: 40.3 cm, Width: 23.7 cm Order a Copy

Outlines instructions about an audit for the Treasury Department. States that "the Levie and Militia serving on the Frontier under Major general St. Clair should have their accounts regularly adjusted and the balance paid to the officers and soldiers respectively, previously to their discharge at Fort Washington ... " Goes on to write that this is an important business and that he trusts Caleb Swan to carry it out, especially since the amount needed to carry these instructions out is a "considerable sum of money which are delivered to [Caleb Swan's] care and safe keeping ... " Noted as No. 10. Extensive water damage in the upper left corner. Letterpress copy.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809
St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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