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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Receipt for a horse]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00693 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Pennsylvania Type: Autograph document signed Date: January 22, 1778 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8.8 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Written at Camp Great Valley [Valley Forge, Pennsylvania], receipt to Samuel Williams and signed by him: "Recd. of Genl Knox by the Hands of Mr. James Gardner one Horse the property of the United States of America..."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Williams, Samuel, fl. 1778

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