Thomas Walker to Henry Knox regarding money he was granted for his military service - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02437.03167
From Archive Folder	The Henry Knox Papers [0075] May-August 1785
Title	Thomas Walker to Henry Knox regarding money he was granted for his military service
Date	21 July 1785
Author	Walker, Thomas (fl. 1785)
Recipient	Walker, Thomas
Document Type	Correspondence; Government document; Military document
Content Description	Colonel Walker requests that Knox assist him in obtaining money he was granted by a Congressional Resolution of 15 April 1785, likely for his military service. Notes receipt of a bill from an unspecified board via Mr. Lovell, possibly James Lovell, former Massachusetts Continental Congressman and receiver of continental taxes. Writes, "I need not observe to you Sir that, when the draft is paid, upon Mr. Lovell, it will not reimburse me, for the expenses I have been at, in the solicitation."
Subjects	Military History Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General Continental Army Continental Congress Congress Finance Soldier's Pay Government and Civics
People	Walker, Thomas (fl. 1785) Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Lovell, James (1737-1814)
Place written	Boston, Massachusetts
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