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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Order to pay Colonel Samuel Ward]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08581 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 1 July 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 7.9 x 14.5 cm. Order a Copy

Henry Knox notes that Colonel Samuel Ward should be paid £6.12. It is countersigned by Henry Jackson saying "accept to pay." Verso is signed by Samuel Ward noting that he "Recd payment."

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
Ward, Samuel, 1756-1832

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