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[Henry Knox's account with Mr. Burton]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06297 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 7 July 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.2 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

A detailed listing of Henry Knox's account with Mr. William Burton. Lists amounts billed, paid, and still owing. The account might for Knox's brother, William Knox. Date was added at a later date in pen and pencil. A note at bottom of the letter states, "Received invoiced for my father Alexander Burton." Docket notes letter was received on 18 May 1795.

Burton, William, fl. 1789-1796
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox, William, 1756-1795

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