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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.01480 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0044] July 1782 |
Title | Henry Knox to Samuel Osgood on soldier's pay |
Date | 9 July 1782 |
Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Recipient | Osgood, Samuel |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Written by Major General Knox to Continental Congressman Osgood. Says the letter will be delivered by Major General Baron von Steuben. Says "I am certain you are well acquainted with the reputation of his abilities, and that it is been owing to him that a substantial discipline has been established in the American Army." Says he is "particularly attached" to the American cause and has expended much of his own money to help further it, but that he "can no longer live without pay." Knox says he knows Osgood's "liberal mode of thinking" and hopes he can help von Steuben. (See GLC03646 for the retained copy.) |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Continental Army Military History Immigration and Migration Finance Soldier's Pay Continental Congress Congress |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Additional Information | Osgood was born in Andover, Essex County, Mass., February 3, 1748; was graduated from Harvard College in 1770; studied theology; engaged in mercantile pursuits; delegate to the Essex County convention in 1774; member of the Provincial Congress; entered the Revolutionary Army as captain and left the service as colonel and assistant quartermaster; Member of the Continental Congress 1781-1784; member of the state senate, 1780; member of the state house of representatives in 1784; a commissioner of the United States Treasury 1785-1789; Postmaster General in the administration of President Washington 1789-1791; moved to New York City; member of the state assembly 1800-1803; Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the District of New York; appointed naval officer at the port of New York May 10, 1803, and served until his death, August 12, 1813. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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