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Hoskins, William, fl. 1785 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03112 Author/Creator: Hoskins, William, fl. 1785 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 March 1785 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.5 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy

Requests that Knox write him a letter of recommendation to be presented to Congress in support of his "petition for payment of past services." Writes, "You are knowing to my services under Commissary Trumbull," possibly referring to Joseph Trumbull, first commissary of the Continental Army.

Hoskins, William, fl. 1785
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Trumbull, Joseph, 1737-1778

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