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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Joseph Harrod

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01981 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 4 March 1783 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 16.7 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the affairs of the late Captain Lieutenant Samuel Treat, and how his heirs would receive the money and estate. Also includes a certificate giving his heirs the right to his possessions. Both the letter and the certificate are written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Harrod, Joseph, fl. 1783
Treat, Samuel, fl. 1775-1777

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