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Osgood, Samuel (1748-1813) [Instructions for paying Knox during his command at West Point]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02893 Author/Creator: Osgood, Samuel (1748-1813) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 30 October 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 15.6 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Indicates "That Genl Knox be allowed the pay of a Major Genl in a Separate Department during his Command at West Pt. his additional pay Granted by the Resolution of the 12th of Jany 1781 to cease during the Time he Receives the aforegoing Allowance..." This is most likely the enclosure cited by Samuel Shaw in GLC02437.02726.

With a few variations, this document is the text of the resolution passed by Congress on October 30, 1783. The original motion for this resolution, as introduced by Samuel Osgood, a member of the Congressional committee examining Knox’s petition, is in the Papers of the Continental Congress at the National Archives. (It is in the same hand as GLC02437.02893.)

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