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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01901 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0053] 1-13 February 1783 |
| Title | Charles Prowd to Henry Knox requesting financial assistance |
| Date | 8 February 1783 |
| Author | Prowd, Charles (fl. 1783) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Prowd, a former artificer for the Continental Army to Major General Knox. Says that Colonel Frothingham has his pay and would like Knox to help him get it. Says he needs it badly as he is sick. Says his wife is also ill. Reports that "I Received no pay this Three Years and better, Which Please your Honr. is Very hard for me to live in Such Sircumstances." Postscript sends condolences for the death of his child. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Soldier's Pay Finance Poverty Health and Medical Children and Family Death Artillery |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Children & Family; Women in American History; Health & Medicine |
| 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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