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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Samuel Hodgdon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01897 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Falls of Schuylkill, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: 15 November 1793 Pagination: 1 p. ; 33 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Written by Secretary of War Henry Knox to Deputy in Charge of Quartermaster Accounts in Philadelphia Samuel Hodgdon (1792-1794). Knox tells him he will arrange appropriations with Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

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