Smith & Wyckoff [Receipt for rations]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04340 Author/Creator: Smith & Wyckoff Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 29 August 1789-14 December 1789 Pagination: 1 p. ; 23.6 x 18.6 cm. Order a Copy
Unsigned, but handwriting for at least part of the receipt is in the hand of Henry Knox. A signature apparently for the firm Smith & Wyckoff has been struck at the bottom of the note. Note declares that two hundred dollars was given, by Henry Knox, to Captain [Henry] Burbeck for rations for his detachment on 29 August 1789. Another note at the bottom of the page declares the money was repaid 14 December 1789. The note also includes a possibly unrelated list of names.
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