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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02437.10074 |
| From Archive Folder | The Henry Knox Papers [0049] December 1782 |
| Title | To the United States in Congress Assembled |
| Date | ca. December 1782 |
| Author | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Document Type | Military document; Government document |
| Content Description | Appears to be Knox's draft of his presentation of officers' grievances to Congress: "At this period of the War it is with peculiar pain, that we find ourselves constrained to address your august body in matters of a pecuniary nature." Agrees to half pay "upon condition that each State shall become responsible to its officers for the payment of a certain number of years of full pay which may be specified." |
| Subjects | Congress Continental Congress Petition Soldier's Pay Continental Army Military History Revolutionary War Revolutionary War General |
| People | Knox, Henry (1750-1806) |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Henry Knox Papers |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |