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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02826 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0050] 1783 |
| Title | General Knox in account with Samuel Shaw [expense booklet] |
| Date | 14 May 1782 - 12 December 1783 |
| Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Document Type | Military document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Signed in text by Shaw. Lists expenses incurred dating from 14 May 1782 to 12 December 1783. Expenses and payments received include food, spirits, household items and services, payment to the commander-in-chief's bargemen, a loan to Baron von Steuben, payment to Colonel Brooks "toward sending the Massachusetts Committee to Boston" [regarding their half-pay memorial], "expence of sending a committee to Congress with the address of the Army," Knox's wages and commutation, etc. Mentions on 17 November 1783 the receipt of "certificates for nine thousand seven hundred and ninety four dollars," from which he deducts one hundred and sixty dollars for the Society of the Cincinnati. |
| Subjects | Muster Rolls and Returns Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Finance Military Provisions Military Supplies President Travel Finance Continental Congress Congress Petition Soldier's Pay Pension Fraternal Organization Society of the Cincinnati |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |