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United States. Continental Congress. [Promotion of Henry Knox to Major General]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.01375 Author/Creator: United States. Continental Congress. Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 22 March 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33.6 x 21.2 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, and labeled an "Extract from the Minutes." Resolution of the United States in Congress assembled to promote Brigadier General Henry Knox to the rank of Major General. See GLC02437.01371 for a related document.

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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