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Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04542 Author/Creator: Nourse, Joseph (1754-1841) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 12 March 1790 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 23.2 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in text by Nourse, register of the Treasury. Encloses an official statement related to allowances for travelling expences. Notes that travel expenses were not granted to commissioners appointed to settle state accounts, district commissioners, or Indian commissioners. See GLC02437.03545 for a related document regarding traveling expenses.

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

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