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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Financial agreement]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10622 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 May 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 29 cm, Width: 36.3 cm Order a Copy

A financial transaction involving Henry Knox, George Meade, and Samuel Hodgdon. Lists drafts and orders accepted by Meade amounting in the sum of $31,136.32. Noted that the drafts and orders were drawn by Knox in favor of Hodgdon. Each party noted and signed their confirmation of the sums dated 26 May 1795.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Meade, George, 1741-1808
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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