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Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.06692 Author/Creator: Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 April 1796 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Asks Knox to explain to the new Secretary at War [Timothy Pickering] the pay scale and responsibilities Sargent had as Adjutant General under General [Arthur] St. Clair. Comments at length about some financial accounting with a Mr. Simmons.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

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