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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Certificate to John Durham Alvey]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02036 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 28 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 21.8 x 17.2 cm. Order a Copy

Certifies John Alvey's resignation from the position of Post Master of the American Army and gives a good character recommendation. Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Alvey, John Durham, fl. 1783

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