to Henry Knox

Bryant, John, 1742-1816 to Henry Knox

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GLC#
GLC02437.02965-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
February 24, 1784
Author/Creator
Bryant, John, 1742-1816
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Springfield, Massachusetts
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 34.3 cm, Width: 23 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Captain Bryant encloses a return of stores at Springfield (not included). Reports on other events at Springfield, including a disagreement over the rights to a house on Captain George Pynchon's land. Reports that when General [Benjamin] Lincoln was at Springfield, he dismissed the men stationed there, ordering Bryant to make out a pay roll. Bryant complains that Lincoln thereafter sent money to the men, but not to him: "I have near twenty five months pay due and know not who to apply to for aney [sic] but to your Honour- necessity has obliged me to run in debt..."

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