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Knox, Henry (1750-1806) to Joseph Carleton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03040 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 August 1784 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.2 x 18.8 cm. Order a Copy

Informs Carleton, acting Secretary at War, of the details of Major Job Sumner's difficulty in obtaining pay for his military service. Also discusses a letter from Frederick Haldimand, Governor of the Province of Quebec, recently transmitted to Congress by William Hull. Haldimand refused to inform Congress when British troops will be withdrawn from American posts on the northwestern frontier.

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Carleton, Joseph, 1754-1812
Sumner, Job, 1754-1789
Haldimand, Frederick, Sir, 1718-1791

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