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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Certificate of the service of Lieutenant Colonel Carrington]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03032 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Dorchester, Massachusetts Type: Autograph document signed Date: 28 July 1784 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22.7 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Knox certifies that [Edward] Carrington sold cannon to defray expenses of transporting arms and stores to establish a magazine near Richmond, Virginia, for the Southern states. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

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