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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Richard Greaton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04262 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Document signed Date: 27 May 1793 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20 x 28.3 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Joseph Howell as Accountant. Orders Captain Greaton to pay to Samuel Meredith, Treasurer of the United States, $246,000, the balance Greaton has left from money given to him for the recruiting service.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798
Greaton, Richard Humphrey, 1765-1815

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