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Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841) [Warrants drawn by the commissioners of the Board of Treasury in favor of Henry Knox, Secretary at War]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03912 Author/Creator: Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 24 June 1788 Pagination: 1 p. ; 29.2 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy

Includes warrants from 1 January 1787 - 24 June 1788. Location inferred.

During the Revolutionary War, Joseph Nourse was a military secretary for General Charles Lee, then a clerk and paymaster for the Board of War. He was a register of the United States Treasury from 1781-1829.

Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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