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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Receipt of $500 payment from Captain John Bryant]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.009 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Springfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 September 1786 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

Records the receipt of the bills drawn by the Treasury Board on the first of August last "on William Imlay, Esq. Commissioner of Continental Loan Office State of Connecticut" on behalf of Knox and remitted to John Bryant. Possibly related to the procurement of shot and shells from the Salisbury furnace for the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts (see GLC03432.006 and others).

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Bryant, John, 1742-1816

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