Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 to Benjamin Lincoln

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GLC02437.02592
GLC#
GLC02437.02592-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
September 30, 1783
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
to Benjamin Lincoln
Place Written
West Point, New York
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Later copy. Discusses the lack of funds for supplies and the large expenses incurred due to lack of stores. Plans to apply for more aid to see if "I cannot obtain the same compensation as those who have gone before me. Certainly I have expended as much as any of them and I only ask the same allowance."

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