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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Promissory note for fifty-six pounds and promise to pay it to Thomas Moore]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00338 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph document Date: 12 June 1776 Pagination: 1p. 8 cm. x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy

The money was for the amount listed in clothing appraisal and was paid to Moore that day (see GLC02437.00337). Pollard was Knox's quartermaster. Signed by Jonathan Pollard, quartermaster.

Pollard, Jonathan, 1749-1802
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Moore, Thomas, fl. 1776

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