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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.01121
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0032] August 1781 
Title Certificate of pay. In French
Date 6 August 1781
Author Barras, Paul, Vicomte de (1755-1829)  
Document Type Military document
Content Description Certificate to pay Mr. De Valnais, possibly Joseph Dupas de Valnais, a French consul in America. Signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], major of the squadron under Barras. On verso, Valnais signs a note, transferring the money to William Knox. Possibly serves as payment for provisions and supplies.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Military History  France  Global History and Civics  Navy  Finance  Military Supplies  
People Barras, Paul, Vicomte de (1755-1829)  Valnais, Joseph Dupas de (fl. 1781)  Knox, William (1756-1795)  
Place written Newport, Rhode Island
Theme The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Henry Knox Papers
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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