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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.02748 |
From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0068] 21-31 October 1783 |
Title | Report regarding Henry Knox's salary |
Date | 30 October - 1 November 1783 |
Author | Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) |
Additional authors | Thomson, Charles (1729-1824) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) |
Document Type | Correspondence; Military document |
Content Description | Copy of a letter dated 1 November 1783 from Benjamin Lincoln to Robert Morris, along with a copy of a Congressional resolution dated 30 October 1783. The letter and the resolution concern Congress's decision that Henry Knox should be allowed the pay of a Major General in a separate department during his command at West Point. The original resolution was signed by Charles Thomson, miscopied here as "Thompson." Copies written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. |
Subjects | Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Military History Continental Army Artillery West Point (US Military Academy) Continental Congress Congress Finance Soldier's Pay |
People | Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810) Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794) Thomson, Charles (1729-1824) |
Theme | Government & Politics; 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 |
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