Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Notes]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.08214 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document Date: October 1786 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 30.8 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Docketed as "some minutes respecting the terms of the proposed loan to the U.S - for [illegible] the troops to be raised by virtues of the resolve of Congress of the 20th October 1786." The loan is for $500,000. (The troops were being raised to quell Shays's Rebellion.)
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