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- GLC#
- GLC02437.08408-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- May 3, 1777-January 16, 1779
- Author/Creator
- Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
- Title
- [Listing of Henry Knox's accounts]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 8 p. : Height: 15.7 cm, Width: 10.5 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Written in Samuel Shaw's hand. Costs for Knox during the war. It is noted that all accounts are kept "in Currency of 7/6 to the Dollar." Most of it is for sundries, clothing, loans to various people, and room and board. Some interesting items include: a purchase of a saddle by Benjamin Lincoln from Knox on 1 July 1777, a notation that "Lt. Col. Hamilton R'd C. to the Commander in Chief" on 3 August 1777, a note that Lucy Knox was given $500 on 20 November 1777, and a note on the expenses of Lucy Knox's travels from Fredericksburgh, New York to Booneton [Boonton], New Jersey.
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