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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Cash recieved from Col. Biddle DQMG at Trenton Jany 1 1777 to buy sundry necessaries for the corps of artillery

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02884 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: circa 1783 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21 x 16.6 cm. Order a Copy

Written and signed for Henry Knox by Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Includes information pertaining to Colonel [Clement] Biddle. Date of creation based on a previously inferred date written in pencil near the top of the page.

Knox was appointed Major General after the 1781 Battle of Yorktown.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

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