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Knowles, Charles, ?-1796 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03201 Author/Creator: Knowles, Charles, ?-1796 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 September 1785 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.2 x 16.1 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he has received Knox's letter from 7 September, carried to him by General Henry Jackson. Has enclosed a memorandum (not present) which "will I trust answer your enquiries respecting the final settlement of John Scott's Accot. for Services in the Massachusetts Regiment of Artillery."

Knowles, Charles, ?-1796
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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