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Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to John Bryant

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03432.022 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 24 March 1791 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 32.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Notes his receipt of "the return of Ordnance and military Stores for February." Indicates he sent $240 for Captain Bryant's pay for 1789 and $480 for 1790. Instructs Bryant to maintain the revenues from the sale of damaged ordnance stores "as a contingent fund for public service" which may be used for the purchase of oil for the arms. Written from the War Department.

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

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