Burton, William, fl. 1789-1796 to Henry Knox

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GLC02437.06648
GLC#
GLC02437.06648-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 3, 1796
Author/Creator
Burton, William, fl. 1789-1796
Title
to Henry Knox
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 p. : address : docket Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Burton and Philip Audebert mention that Knox had previously given them certificates verifying that they had remained in Philadelphia during a fever yellow epidemic in 1793. Write that Congress is now considering providing compensation to those who remained, but the Clerk of Congress has misplaced their certificates. Ask Knox to prepare new ones for them so they might be able to receive the benefits they are owed. Signed by both Burton and Audebert.

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