Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Jeremiah Wadsworth
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03658 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 September 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 32 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Requests money to pay the firm of Samuel Ward & Brothers. Notes that the sum can be charged to his account. Includes a note from the firm to pay Mrs. Catharine Greene, the widow of General Nathanael Greene. Page two contains a 15 September 1787 note signed by Phineas Miller, noting that the sum was received for Mrs. Greene.
Phineas Miller helped Catharine Greene manage the estate of Nathanael Greene after Greene's death in 1786. Miller and Catharine Greene married in 1796.
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