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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.00696 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0019] 1778 |
Title | Receipt for payment of eleven dollars from Samuel Shaw |
Date | 10 April 1778 |
Author | Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
Additional authors | Wells, Samuel (fl. 1778) |
Document Type | Military document; Business and financial document |
Content Description | Receipt to Samuel Wells, and signed by him. Wells certifies receipt of eleven dollars from Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, "for the expence of going to Bethlehem and bring Genl Knox's Baggage to camp and for having a new Tongue made to the Waggon." Verso contains a list of three officers and a table of figures. Created at "Camp at Valley Forge." |
Subjects | Valley Forge Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Finance Travel Military Camp Transportation Artillery |
People | Wells, Samuel (fl. 1778) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
Place written | Valley Forge, Pennsylvania |
Theme | The American Revolution |
Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
Additional Information | Signature is illegible; possibly created by Samuel Wells. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |