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Eayrs, Joseph (fl. 1782) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01363 Author/Creator: Eayrs, Joseph (fl. 1782) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript letter signed Date: 7 March 1782 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 18.6 x 15.5 cm. Order a Copy

Asks if Knox will sign a warrant to allow him to petition for his wages. Commissary [Samuel] Hodgdon will present the petition as early as is necessary for Knox to sign it. Hopes that Knox's "signature to that Paper will put the matter out of all doubt wether I ever was or am Entitled to pay."

Eayrs was an old friend of Paul Revere and one of the Sons of Liberty who participated in the Boston Tea Party.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Eayrs, Joseph, fl. 1782
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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