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Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04544 Author/Creator: Hodgdon, Samuel (1745-1824) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 March 1790 Pagination: 2 p. ; 23 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Responds to Knox's letter from 9 March. Discusses payment of the Invalids and asks for an appointment to the post of paymaster for that group.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Delany, fl. 1790

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