[Receipt for a tombstone for Knox's daughter Julia]

Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819 [Receipt for a tombstone for Knox's daughter Julia]

GLC02437.02932

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GLC#
GLC02437.02932-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
9 January 1784
Author/Creator
Adams, Samuel, 1745-1819
Title
[Receipt for a tombstone for Knox's daughter Julia]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 10.6 cm, Width: 21.2 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Knox orders William Neilson to pay on his behalf for a "marble tomb stone six feet in length and three feet wide for his Daughter Deceased." Signed by Dr. Samuel Adams. Adams also signs verso 16 June 1784 confirming receipt of payment for the tombstone. Neilson signs verso 30 January 1786 confirming receipt of the sum from Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.

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