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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02150 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Manuscript letter Date: 6 June 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.1 x 17.6 cm. Order a Copy

Written and signed for Knox in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. Discusses the pay for army artificers about to be furloughed, and their entitlement to arms.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

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