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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02206 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0059] June 1783 |
| Title | Henry Knox to John Pierce about monies received for ordnance and recruiting services |
| Date | June 1783 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Additional authors | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
| Recipient | Pierce, John |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Written and signed in hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp, to Paymaster General Pierce. Says he made a settlement with the auditors of the army for monies received for his recruiting and ordnance services in 1779. Says the whole account could not be settled "from a want of sundry vouchers," not in his possession. The audit found that Knox was owed a little over $2609, which he received in April 1779 in old paper money from Colonel Palfrey. Says he has reviewed his accounts and realized the money was not due to him and asks that it be taken from the pay that is due to him on a conversion scale of 16 to 1, as stipulated by Congress. |
| Subjects | Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Recruitment Artillery Finance Soldier's Pay Coins and Currency Continental Congress Congress |
| Place written | West Point, New York |
| 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 |