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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02144 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 June 1783 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 34.4 cm, Width: 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Gives an account of his advancement in the army and his wages as a way to show the unfair methods of payment of the soldiers and the lack of an organized system to deal with soldiers' wages.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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