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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Confirmation certificate]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04507 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document Date: 11 February 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 27.1 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Certifies that "Richard Frothingham served as a field Commissary in the Army of the United to the thirty first of December one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty three."

Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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