Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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GLC#
GLC02437.02074-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 April 1783
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Benjamin Lincoln
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 33.9 cm, Width: 20.9 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. To Secretary of War Lincoln. Says with the confirmation of peace the artillery artificers are worried about disbanding before hearing from Congress about a payment settlement for their past services. Says he wrote to Lincoln about this issue previously and asked him to bring it before Congress. Says "it being but reasonable that their stipulated pay, of twenty dollars a per month to the privates and in proportion for the noncommissioned officers, should be made good to them." Hopes Lincoln will use his influence to get a decision from Congress as soon as possible.

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