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- GLC#
- GLC02437.02447-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- January 21, 1780- August 1, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Brooks, David, 1756-1838
- Title
- Articles of clothing delivered for the use of Major General Knox from 21 Jany 1780 to 1 Augt 1783
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Copy of a receipt for clothing issued to General Knox from 1780-1783. Original was submitted by David Brooks, the assistant clothier general. This copy was created by Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox, who also signed this document. A total of $140.60 worth of clothing is accounted for, which includes boots, blankets, roughly 50 yards of cloth, and his own miscellaneous receipts.
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