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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Certificate sent to Nathaniel Barber]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00890 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New Windsor, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 14 February 1781 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 32.3 x 20.3 cm. Order a Copy

Certificate verifying the rank of officers in the Department of Military Stores and that they are "entitled to the allowance for depreciation of their pay ... " Written and signed for Knox in the hand of his aide Samuel Shaw.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Barber, Nathaniel, Jr. 1728-1787
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

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