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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Invoice of payments from Henry Knox to Jotham Drury]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00528 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 January 1777 - 3 February 1777 Pagination: 1 p. ; 14.8 x 18.9 cm. Order a Copy

Lists cash paid by Knox to Drury in order to pay soldiers. Dates are listed for each payment, which total nine hundred and eighty dollars.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Drury, Jotham, 1741-1831

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