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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.10464
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0015] September-December 1776 
Title Some observations with respect to exchange of prisoners
Date ca. 1776-1783
Document Type Military document
Content Description Examines prisoner exchange, based on rank, between the British and Americans. Includes a rough list of who may be exchanged, discusses "giving privates and officers of inferior rank for others of superior rank." Compares the price of commissions. Lists prices for ensigns, lieutenants, captain lieutenants, majors, and lieutenant colonels.
Subjects Prisoner of War  Military History  Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Finance  Continental Army  Global History and Civics  
People Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
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