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Bryant, John (1742-1816) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02965 Author/Creator: Bryant, John (1742-1816) Place Written: Springfield, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 February 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 34.3 x 23 cm. Order a Copy

Captain Bryant encloses a return of stores at Springfield (not included). Reports on other events at Springfield, including a disagreement over the rights to a house on Captain George Pynchon's land. Reports that when General [Benjamin] Lincoln was at Springfield, he dismissed the men stationed there, ordering Bryant to make out a pay roll. Bryant complains that Lincoln thereafter sent money to the men, but not to him: "I have near twenty five months pay due and know not who to apply to for aney [sic] but to your Honour- necessity has obliged me to run in debt..."

Bryant, John, 1742-1816
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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