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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Account of officer pay under Colonel Henry Knox]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00258 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: December 11, 1775-April 19, 1776 Pagination: 24 p. : Height: 28.5 cm, Width: 22.3 cm Order a Copy

Knox's record of officer's pay. Signed by Knox more than 25 times (all but once in the text); also signed by more than 23 other officers, including Henry Burbeck, William Eustis, Eliphalet Newell, Ebenezer Stevens, William Dana, Dimond Morton, Edward Burbeck, William Perkins, Jeremiah Niles, John Popkin, Edward Crafts, Jotham Drury, Isaac Coren, and Timothy Stow. Unbound military ledger accounting for pay issued to officers (and some other cash outlays) under Knox's command in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Newell, Eliphalet, 1735-?
Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823
Dana, William, 1745-1809
Morton, Dimond, 1743-1792
Burbeck, Edward, 1740-1783
Perkins, William, 1742-1802
Niles, Jeremiah, 1749-1829
Popkin, John, fl. 1771-1783
Crafts, Edward, 1746-1806
Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831
Coren, Isaac, fl. 1776
Stow, Timothy, fl. 1776

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