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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02376 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0062] 1-15 August 1783 |
Title | Henry Knox to Benjamin Lincoln regarding Richard Frothingham |
Date | 8 August 1783 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Lincoln, Benjamin |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Mentions that Richard Frothingham, field commissary, is going to Philadelphia to settle the accounts of his department. Remarks upon the inaccuracy of the accounts, "As there have been a considerable number of persons employed and often under circumstances of great hurry and embarrassment, the accounts of receipts & delivery cannot be supposed to be as accurate as a private merchant." Comments that Frothingham's character is "unimpeachable." Relays that Frothingham would like Lincoln's assistance with the matter. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Finance Soldier's Pay Continental Congress Congress |
People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Frothingham, Richard (1748-1819) |
Place written | West Point, New York |
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 |