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Collection Reference Number GLC02437.01746
From Archive Folder The Henry Knox Papers [0049] December 1782 
Title Certificate for Andrew Billings Esq. for engravings for two pieces of cannon
Date 16 December 1782
Author Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  
Additional authors Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)
Document Type Military document; Business and financial document
Content Description Written and signed for Knox by Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. Writes, "This is to certify that, in consequence of orders from His Excellency the Commander in Chief, Andrew Billings Esq. has engraved certain devices upon two pieces of cannon ordered by Congress to be presented to the Count De Rochambeau, and that for the said service he charges forty guineas, or the value thereof, to the United States, which as far as I am competent to judge is just and reasonable - and that I have received the said cannon." See GLC02437.01733 for a related document.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Military History  Continental Army  Artillery  Artisans  France  Global History and Civics  Battle (Siege, Surrender) of Yorktown  President  Continental Congress  Congress  Finance  
People Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)  Knox, Henry (1750-1806)  Washington, George (1732-1799)  Billings, Andrew (1743-1808)  Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de (1725-1807)  
Theme The American Revolution; Industry
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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