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Drury, Jotham (1741-1831) [An abstract of money paid by Captain Jotham Drury in Colonel Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery for the month of January 1776]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00272 Author/Creator: Drury, Jotham (1741-1831) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 April 1776 Pagination: 1p.+docket. 31.4. x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Lists amounts owed to fifty-five enlisted men in Knox's regiment and underneath Colonel William Burbeck's command.

Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Burbeck, William, 1716-1785

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