Lamb, John, 1735-1800 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.01354-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 14, 1782
Author/Creator
Lamb, John, 1735-1800
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Burlington, New Jersey
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 21.8 cm, Width: 16.7 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Written from Burlington, likely in New Jersey. Writes that he was "informed by the Pay-Master that the Financier intended the officers should receive two months Pay, in certain Notes, payable on the 1st of August next." He and the other officers agreed that "our receiving Pay of any kind in which the Soldiers do not share, will have a tendency, to sour their minds, still more, - and, may involve consequences not only fatal to those who command them, but the Public." Is ready to travel to New York state and hopes to stop in Poughkeepsie and convince the legislature there to recruit new soldiers and advance some money to those already in their employ.

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